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Mosca, Gaetano(1858–1941)
Gaetano Mosca, an Italian legal and political theorist and statesman, was born in Palermo. He was one of several social theorists, including Vilfredo Pareto and Robert...
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In the following essay, Hook reviews the English translation of The Ruling Class.
Not so many years ago the conquest of power was the central theme of all left-wing social theory oriented to political...
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In the following essay, Hansen and Parrish examine the anthropological organization of elites in modern capitalist societies using the theories of Mosca and Pareto.
This essay is concerned with retool...
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In the following essay, Bellamy contends that Mosca's and Vilfredo Pareto's respective theories of elites were based on differing "personal political preferences"—Mo...
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In the following essay, Cook reviews The Ruling Class, disputing the common interpretation of Mosca as a supporter of totalitarian rule.
The prime task of a reviewer is normally to discuss the content...
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In the following introduction to Mosca's The Ruling Class, Livingston provides an overview of Mosca's theory of elites.
I. Taine and Mosca: the Teorica
Gaetano Mosca's theory of t...
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In the following essay, Burnham analyzes Mosca as a neo-Machiavellian.
I. the Machiavellian Tradition
Machiavelli livied and wrote during a great social revolution, through which feudal society, its e...
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In the following essay, Hughes contrasts the theories of Mosca and Pareto, arguing that their differences stemmed from Mosca's view of history as an "experienced reality."
Among A...
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In the following essay, originally presented at the fiftieth annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Montreal, Canada, in 1964, Kolegar argues against the prevailing view of Mosca a...
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In the following essay, Bobbio attempts to create a systematic "exposé" of Mosca' s theory of elites in order to explain the contemporary relevance of the theory.
1. Gaetano ...
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In the following essay, Germino reviews the paperback edition of The Ruling Class, noting that even the book's publishers erroneously claim Mosca to have provided the "theoretical founda...
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In the following essay, Nye discusses the evolution of elite theory in Italy, focusing on Mosca 's understanding and interpretation of Italian political thought.
The Italian postrisorgimento pr...
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Mosca, Gaetano (1858–1941)
Critical Essay by Sidney Hook
