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An invitation to a four-network theory of power: a new viewpoint compatible with elite theory
Einladung zu einer Netzwerktheorie von Macht: ein neuer Ansatz zur Verbindung von Machttheorie und Elitetheorie
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Abstract "Starting with the multinetwork theories advocated by C. Wright Mills, Michael Mann and Richard Lachmann, and drawing on work by specialists in anthropology and social psychology, this article presents a history of social power from hunting and gathering societies to the present. Collective power, b... mehr
"Starting with the multinetwork theories advocated by C. Wright Mills, Michael Mann and Richard Lachmann, and drawing on work by specialists in anthropology and social psychology, this article presents a history of social power from hunting and gathering societies to the present. Collective power, based on cooperation, came first in human history, with distributive power coming much later. With the rise of permanent hierarchical organizations at the dawn of civilization, the issue of distributive power became paramount, making it necessary to resolve distributive power conflicts among leaders before collective power could expand any further. At this point the rank-and-file lost their ability to replace organizational leaders, who then became 'political elites' or 'power elites'. The result was the kind of top-down societies analyzed by John Higley and Michael Burton in Elite Foundations of Liberal Democracy, which provides a provocative new challenge to traditional theories of democracy." (author's abstract)... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Macht; Elite; Eliteforschung; Theorie; politische Macht; Anthropologie; Sozialpsychologie; Kooperation; historische Entwicklung; Hierarchie; Gesellschaft; Organisationen; Machtkampf; Konflikt; politische Elite; Wirtschaftselite; Demokratie
Klassifikation
allgemeine Geschichte
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Methode
Grundlagenforschung; historisch; Theoriebildung
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2012
Seitenangabe
S. 23-37
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 37 (2012) 1
Heftthema
Elite foundations of social theory and politics / Elitetheoretische Grundlagen sozialwissenschaftlicher Theoriebildung und politischer Analyse
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.37.2012.1.23-37
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)