Elitism in Gaetano Mosca’s Treatment
Subject Areas :
علوم سیاسی
Received: 2017-09-20
Accepted : 2017-09-20
Published : 2016-06-01
Keywords:
Elite,
Elitism,
Gaetano Mosca,
Abstract :
Socially, the word"elite" is broadly used to refer to a superior group of peopleregarding skills or privileges and associates with other terms such aspolitical systems, "authorities", "minority favorite".Elites are cautious and opportunistic people. They are in every way and situationregarded as people's favorites. Focusing on concept of “elite” and “elitism”, theauthor in this paper, attempts to study Gaetano Mosca’s elite theory and ideasof other thinkers both advocating and opposing the idea. Exploring the impactof this theory on political science realm and comparing it to other theories inthe same area and fairly criticizing them, the author comes to the conclusionthat “elitism” generally believes every society and/or organization ends up inoligarchy. That is, a powerful elite minority will eventually take over andalso the emersion of a ruling class is an exclusive attribute of everypolitical organization and society.
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