Political Parties¶
Michels, R. (1915). Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy.
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Mechanisms¶
- Governance Rule Creation
- Its failure mode is that formalizing governance tends to entrench whoever held informal power — the iron law of oligarchy, where the act of organizing quietly concentrates control in an administering few — under a veneer of due process.
This sourceDevelops the iron law of oligarchy: organization tends to concentrate control in a small leadership group.
- Its failure mode is that formalizing governance tends to entrench whoever held informal power — the iron law of oligarchy, where the act of organizing quietly concentrates control in an administering few — under a veneer of due process.
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