The Rise and Fall of Elites: Application of Theoretical Sociology - Couverture rigide

Pareto, Vilfredo

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1138538264 ISBN 13 : 9781138538269

Editeur : Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Hunt, Everett Lee

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138538264
• ISBN 13: 9781138538269
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 132
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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