The Rise and Fall of Elites: An Application of Theoretical Sociology Vilfredo Pareto Transaction Publishers, 1991 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 ...             Who Rules America? Power, Politics, and Social Change4 reviews G. William Domhoff McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2005 Essential reading to understand power in America + No significant diff. between 4th and 5th edition + An Indispensable Exposé on How Our Democracy REALLY Works! + Picks up the baton of C. Wright Mills             The Revolt of the Masses26 reviews Jose Ortega y Gasset W. W. Norton & Company, 1994 Ortega's Revolt of the Masses + The Coming of the Masses + Shipwrecked This is an important book, perhaps the most important, of an author who has been unjustly ignored. Ortega is the forgotten existentialist and one of the best of the bunch. Anybody with even a passing interest in the continental tradition in philosophy should read Ortega.             Ruling Class1 review Gaetano Mosca McGraw-Hill Education, 1960 Mosca's The Ruling Class - a primer in elite theory The Ruling Class is an excellent example of early twentieth elite theory. It is a scathing retort to Marx and those who believe in a utopian vision without an elite. This book is clear and brilliant. It challenges the political thinker in a democratic society to examine the basic assumptions of ...             The Power Elite24 reviews C. Wright Mills Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 Who Rules in America? + Superb Book + Corroborates Assertions that the Elected Gov't is not the Real Gov't + Where does the power lie? American society deconstructed.             The Theory of Democratic Elitism Peter Bachrach University Press of America, 2002 A reprint of the 1967 Little, Brown book, Professor Bachrach considers the age-old question of the role of elites in a democracy. He argues that the present influence of elites in the U.S. can be offset only by the revitalization of political participation. The book also provides a historical and analytical examination of the theory of democratic elitism, as well as its soundness both as ...             Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making25 reviews David Rothkopf Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 Globalization - yes- but 'nationalism' now more so The world is ruled by an elite class , the superclass consisting in roughly six- thousand people, overwhelmingly male. This Superclass includes not only the Big Business elite, but heads of State, and even religious leaders like the Pope, and crime - bosses. These people, the one in a million who ...             Preparing For Power: America's Elite Boarding Schools8 reviews Peter W. Cookson Jr, Caroline Hodges Persell Basic Books, 1987 Leadership is an art and honed by practice. + Interesting, Readable Account + Informative + A well thought-out study of the prep school experience.             Political Power and Corporate Control: The New Global Politics of Corporate Governance3 reviews Peter A. Gourevitch, James Shinn Princeton University Press, 2007 Groundbreaking Guide on the Direction of Corporate Governance and Society + Highly Innovative and Enlightening Comparison of Corporate Governance Systems + Unveiling the links. According to Gourevitch and Shinn, "corporate governance - the authority structure of a firm - lies at the heart of the most important issues of society"... such as "who has claim to the cash flow of the firm, who has a say in its strategy and its allocation of resources." The corporate ...             The Theory of the Leisure Class (Oxford World's Classics) Thorstein Veblen Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 In his scathing The Theory of the Leisure Class, Thorstein Veblen produced a landmark study of affluent American society that exposes, with brilliant ruthlessness, the habits of production and waste that link invidious business tactics and barbaric social behavior. Veblen's analysis of the evolutionary process sees greed as the overriding motive in the modern economy, and with an impartial gaze ...             Political Parties2 reviews Robert Michels Free Press, 1966 Essential Reading + Monumental work of political science 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 ...             The Revolt of the Masses26 reviews Jose Ortega y Gasset W. W. Norton & Company, 1994 Ortega's Revolt of the Masses + The Coming of the Masses + Shipwrecked This is an important book, perhaps the most important, of an author who has been unjustly ignored. Ortega is the forgotten existentialist and one of the best of the bunch. Anybody with even a passing interest in the continental tradition in philosophy should read Ortega.             Preparing For Power: America's Elite Boarding Schools8 reviews Peter W. Cookson Jr, Caroline Hodges Persell Basic Books, 1987 Leadership is an art and honed by practice. + Interesting, Readable Account + Informative + A well thought-out study of the prep school experience.             The Theory of the Leisure Class (Oxford World's Classics) Thorstein Veblen Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 In his scathing The Theory of the Leisure Class, Thorstein Veblen produced a landmark study of affluent American society that exposes, with brilliant ruthlessness, the habits of production and waste that link invidious business tactics and barbaric social behavior. Veblen's analysis of the evolutionary process sees greed as the overriding motive in the modern economy, and with an impartial gaze ...             Political Parties2 reviews Robert Michels Free Press, 1966 Essential Reading + Monumental work of political science 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 ...             The Rise and Fall of Elites: An Application of Theoretical Sociology Vilfredo Pareto Transaction Publishers, 1991 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 ...             Who Rules America? Power, Politics, and Social Change4 reviews G. William Domhoff McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2005 Essential reading to understand power in America + No significant diff. between 4th and 5th edition + An Indispensable Exposé on How Our Democracy REALLY Works! + Picks up the baton of C. Wright Mills             Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making25 reviews David Rothkopf Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 Globalization - yes- but 'nationalism' now more so The world is ruled by an elite class , the superclass consisting in roughly six- thousand people, overwhelmingly male. This Superclass includes not only the Big Business elite, but heads of State, and even religious leaders like the Pope, and crime - bosses. These people, the one in a million who ...             The Theory of Democratic Elitism Peter Bachrach University Press of America, 2002 A reprint of the 1967 Little, Brown book, Professor Bachrach considers the age-old question of the role of elites in a democracy. He argues that the present influence of elites in the U.S. can be offset only by the revitalization of political participation. The book also provides a historical and analytical examination of the theory of democratic elitism, as well as its soundness both as ...             Political Power and Corporate Control: The New Global Politics of Corporate Governance3 reviews Peter A. Gourevitch, James Shinn Princeton University Press, 2007 Groundbreaking Guide on the Direction of Corporate Governance and Society + Highly Innovative and Enlightening Comparison of Corporate Governance Systems + Unveiling the links. According to Gourevitch and Shinn, "corporate governance - the authority structure of a firm - lies at the heart of the most important issues of society"... such as "who has claim to the cash flow of the firm, who has a say in its strategy and its allocation of resources." The corporate ...