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Robert Michels - Definition and Overview

Robert Michels is a German sociologist best known for his book Political Parties, which contains a description of the "iron law of oligarchy." He was a student of Max Weber who moved from the Socialist Party to become one of the Italian Fasciss.

He moved to Italy where he became a revolutionary syndicalist.

Writings of Michels

  • Political Parties. London: Jarrod, 1915.
  • Storia critica del socialismo italiano dagli inizi fino 1911. Florence: La Voce, l926.

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