Gaetano mosca is not only one of the leaders of his philosophy but he is generally proclaimed to be the founder, at least as far as italian doctrine is concerned, of a whole discipline. Gaetano mosca s theory of the rulingclass was evolved in its first form duringthe years. Gaetano mosca 18581941 italian political scientist. Elite theorys origins lie most clearly in the writings of gaetano mosca 18581941, vilfredo pareto 18481923, robert michels 18761936, and maxweber 18641920. Thus, elites may come from the state and the corporate worlds, but also from guerilla, unions, the media, ngos, any kind of social movement and so on. First with the teorica dei governi e governo parlamentare theoretics of governments and parliamentary. Vilfredo pareto 18481923, gaetano mosca 18581941, and robert michels 18761936, were cofounders of the italian school of elitism, which influenced subsequent elite theory in the western tradition the outlook of the italian school of elitism is based on two ideas. He is credited with developing the elite theory and the doctrine of the political class and is one of the three members constituting the italian school of elitism together with vilfredo pareto and robert michels. Power lies in position of authority in key economic and political institutions. Few outside the realm of scholarly sociology realise that some of the more important insights into what we now call elitism were advanced by a sicilian named gaetano mosca.
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