SOURCE: "From Socialism to Fascism: The Relation Between Theory and Practice in the Work of Robert Michels: I. From Marxist Revolutionary to Political Sociologist," in Political Studies, Vol. XXV, No. 1, 1977, pp. 3-24.
In the following essay, Beetham traces Michels's development from political activist and ideologist to a more disciplined sociological theorist.
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