The Ruling Class: The theory of political power that explains how an organized minority rules, and why revolutions and elections rarely change that

by Gaetano Mosca, Marian Ashcombe (Translator)

299 pages, Paperback

Published August 28, 2026

About the author

Gaetano Mosca was an Italian political scientist, journalist and public servant. He is credited with developing the elite theory and the doctrine of the political class and is one of the three members constituting the Italian school of elitism together with Vilfredo Pareto and Robert Michels.