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Title: Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy by Robert Michels, Eden Paul, Cedar Paul, Vernon R. Wiehe ISBN: 0-7658-0469-7 Publisher: Transaction Pub Pub. Date: September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential Reading
Comment: In the many arguments I've had over the merits of collective action, I have found few arguments as useful as Michels' "iron Law of Oligarchy", stating that even the most egalitarian orginizations wind up having their decisions made by a select few at the top. Morever, institutional reforms will not help, since this tendency is inherent to complex orginization. Surveying the intensification of power across a host of socialist parties and publications, Michels provides much empirical evidence. Too much, at times, as after about 200 pages of stories about leadership groups developing in socialist orginizations, the book starts to drag a little bit. It is all worth it, however, as the "iron law of oligarchy" is one of the most fascinating arguments you'll ever find in a book about politics. Seymour Martin Lipset's introductory comments provide interesting background info.
Rating: 5
Summary: Monumental work of political science
Comment: Michels was a member of a socialist movement who wondered if one could ever have what today is called participatory democracy. The result is this wonderful book, in which Michels discovers the "Iron Law of Oligarchy", that even in the most egalatarian movements, elites will call most of the shots. Michels goes further than many elite theorists who simply claim that this has always been so: he claims that elite management is inherent to complex organizations. Whether you agree or disagree, you must read this man and debate his ideas!
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Title: Parties Without Partisans: Political Change in Advanced Industrial Democracies (Comparative Politics) by Russell J. Dalton, Martin P. Wattenberg ISBN: 0199253099 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The West European Party System (Oxford Readings in Politics and Government) by Peter Mair ISBN: 0198275838 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: July, 1990 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Making Votes Count : Strategic Coordination in the World's Electoral Systems by Gary W. Cox ISBN: 0521585279 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 28 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: Issue Evolution by Edward G. Carmines, James A. Stimson ISBN: 069102331X Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 17 August, 1990 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Theory Of Social And Economic Organization by Max Weber ISBN: 0684836408 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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