THEORIES OF DEMOCRACY

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THEORIES OF DEMOCRACY

• PS 571
• MR DOUG PERKINS

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TODAYS AGENDA

• Administrivia
• Talk about the News
• Pareto
• Mosca
• Michels
• Dahl

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ADMINISTRIVIA

• Extra Credit
• Three Points Possible
• Three Sources
• Experiments
• Book Reviews
• 3-5 pages short summary, mostly critique
• Other (preapproved)
• Take Role

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POLITICAL NEWS
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PARETO

• Elites and non-Elites exist in every field
• In Government
• Governing Elite
• Non-Governing Elite
• Circulation of Elites
• What kind is necessary
• Why is aristocracy doomed?
• How about US?
• Who rules? Are we bamboozled?

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MOSCA

• Ubiquity of Ruling Class
• Even in Representative Democracies!
• Why is it so Easy for Minorities to Rule?
• Organization
• So Must have Checks and Balances
• Protection of Individuals

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MICHELS

• Did some Field Research
• Even the Socialist Party was Oligarchic!!!
• Circulation did not Matter
• The Iron Law of Oligarchy
• Does this Finding Matter?

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DAHL

• Is Minority Domination Inevitable?
• Is Minority Rule Inevitable?
• Is it Domination?
• How the Ruling Class is Chosen Matters who are
  they in democracies?
• Marxs Critique
• How can we TEST this?
• So what do we do?