book: The Rise and Fall of Elites: An Application of Theoretical Sociology

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	• The Rise and Fall of Elites: An Application of Theoretical Sociology Vilfredo Pareto Transaction Publishers, 1991 - 125 pages view larger image
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This book is the first paperback edition of a minor classic in social science. It marks a giant step from econometrics into sociology. Here in brief and incisive outline are the major ideas for which Pareto was later to become famous, with a brilliant opening essay. Pareto's bias, which is loud and clear, is against people of all political persuasions who favor social ossification over social change, ascription over achievement, and soft thinking over toughness. A dominant group survives only if it provides opportunities for the best persons of other origins to join in its privileges and rewards, and if it does not hesitate to use force to defend these privileges and rewards. Pareto favors opportunity for all competent members of society to advance into the elite.

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