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Robert Michels

Born

in Cologne, Germany

January 09, 1876

Died

May 03, 1936

Genre

Sociology

Influences

Werner Sombart, Achille Loria, Max Weber ...more

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Robert Michels was a German-born Italian sociologist who contributed to elite theory by describing the political behavior of intellectual elites.

He belonged to the Italian school of elitism, and is best known for his book Political Parties, published in 1911, which contains a description of the "iron law of oligarchy."

Michels was considered a brilliant pupil of Max Weber, who began publishing his writings in the Archiv für Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialpolitik in 1906 and appointed him as co-editor in 1913, but they disagreed over Michels' opposition to World War I.

Michels accepted a professorship at the University of Turin, where he taught economics, pol ...more

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	Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy by Robert Michels, Seymour Martin Lipset (Foreword), M. Eden Paul (Translator), Cedar Paul (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 1911 — 142 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Los partidos políticos 1 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1911 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Los partidos políticos 2 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Partidos políticos II. Un estudio sociológico de las tendencias oligárquicas de la democracia moderna, Los liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Touring Journal of England and Ireland it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il proletariato e la borghesia nel movimento socialista italiano 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1908 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roberto Michels' First Lecture in Political Sociology. by Robert Michels, Alfred De Grazia (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1974 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sexual Ethics: A Study of Borderland Questions 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2001 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roberto Michels’ First Lectures in Political Sociology by Robert Michels, Alfred De Grazia (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1949 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feratu 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The government [...] cannot be anything other than the organization of a minority. It is the aim of this minority to impose upon the rest of society a 'legal order', which is the outcome of the exigencies of dominion and of the exploitation of the mass of helots effected by the ruling minority, and can never be truly representative of the majority.”
― Robert Michels

tags: poltical

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“Organization implies a tendency to oligarchy. In every organization, whether it be a political party, a professional union, or any other association of any kind, the aristocratic tendency manifests itself very clearly. As a result of organization, every party or professional union becomes divided into a minority of directors and a majority of directed.”
― Robert Michels, Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy

tags: politics

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“He who says organization, says oligarchy”
― Robert Michels, Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy

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