1971/04/01 by Gordon Hands · 57 citations
Social Sciences · #Labor Movements and Unions #Politics #Government (linguistics) #Sociology #Point (geometry) #Epistemology #Political science #Positive economics #Social science #Law #Philosophy #Economics #Linguistics
paper · doi:10.1017/s0007123400009029
published in British Journal of Political Science 1(2), 155-172 (Cambridge University Press)
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Roberto Michels’ book Political Parties has come to be regarded as one of the classics of political sociology. Most recent studies of the internal government of parties, trade unions and pressure groups take it as their starting point: it influences the kind of questions that are asked and the concepts that are employed.