The Rise and Fall of the Elites

The Rise and Fall of the Elites
AuthorVilfredo Pareto
Original titleUn'applicazione di teorie sociologiche
LanguageItalian
Genreessay
Publication date
1900
Publication placeItaly
Published in English
1968
Pages52

The Rise and Fall of the Elites: An Application of Theoretical Sociology (Italian: Un'applicazione di teorie sociologiche) is a 1900 book by the Italian writer Vilfredo Pareto. It is a study of elites, exploring Pareto's conception of the circulation of elites. It marked a change in Pareto's area of interest from econometrics to sociology.[1][2]

It was first published as an essay in the Rivista italiana di sociologia in July 1900.[3] It was published in English translation in 1968.[1]

  1. ^ a b Baltzell, E. Digby (1968). "The Rise and Fall of the Elites: An Application of Theoretical Sociology. By Vilfredo Pareto. Totowa, New Jersey: Bedminster Press, 1968. 120 pp. $4.50". Social Forces. 48 (1): 119. doi:10.1093/sf/48.1.119.
  2. ^ Racca, Vittorio (1900). "Vilfredo Pareto, Un' applicazione di teorie sociologiche". Giornale degli economisti (in Italian). 21: 200–202. JSTOR 23220868.
  3. ^ Cirillo, Renato (2006) [1979]. The Economics of Vilfredo Pareto. Frank Cass. p. 136. ISBN 0-7146-3108-6.