The Rise and Fall of Elites

An Application of Theoretical Sociology

Vilfredo Pareto, Hans L. Zetterberg

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English

Transaction Publishers
30 January 1991

Sociology & anthropology; Politics & government; Political science & theory

Combining a thorough introduction to the work of nineteenth-and early twentieth-century Italian social theorist Vilfredo Pareto with a highly readable English translation of Pareto's last monograph ""Generalizations,"" originally published in 1920, this work illustrates how and why democratic forms of government undergo decay and are eventually reinvigorated. More than any other social scientist of his generation, Pareto offers a well-developed, articulate, and compelling theory of change based on a Newtonian vision of science and an engineering model of social equilibrium.

This dynamic involves a shifting balance among the countervailing forces of centralization and decentralization of power, economic expansion and contraction, and liberalism versus traditionalism in public sentiment. By 1920, Pareto had developed a scheme for predicting shifts in magnitude of these forces and subsequent change in the character of society. This book will be of interest to students, teachers, or general readers interested in political science, sociology and late-nineteenth/ early-twentieth century social theory.

By: Vilfredo Pareto
Introduction by: Hans L. Zetterberg
Imprint: Transaction Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9780887388729
ISBN 10: 0887388728
Pages: 132
Publication Date: 30 January 1991
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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