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Available
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Publication
Pelican / Penguin (Non-Classics) (1970), Paperback, 160 pages
Description
In this substantially revised and enlarged second edition of a classic text that has been used throughout the world in numerous translations, Tom Bottomore reconsiders élite theory in the light of more recent studies. He examines the role and significance of élites in relation to classes and class structure in both advanced industrial and developing countries, and expounds the criticism of élites and élitism that have been formulated by democratic and socialist thinkers and movements. In a new concluding chapter, Professor Bottomore considers the prospect, as humanity approaches the millenium,
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Original publication date
1964
Physical description
160 p.; 7 inches
ISBN
0140207821 / 9780140207828