POLI 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mary Wollstonecraft, Liberal Democracy, Friedrich Hayek
27 Mar 2016
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Participation in decision-making was not as balanced as pluralist had initially assumed, to accept existence of political elites and to concede that the latter played a disproportionate role in groups. Top-down model in which the state incorporated economic interests, coordinating policy with trade unions and industries in order to control them and civil society in general. More genuine attempt by government to incorporate economic interests into the decision-making process. Elitism would show one pyramid of the elite on the top and the masses at the bottom. Associated with group of scholar writing in italy at the turn of 10th century. Rejects marx"s vision of a future egalitarian society. Played role in development of social democratic principles that inspired the cooperative commonwealth federation. Shares with elitism the recognition that every modern capitalist society is dominated by a united, self-interest ruling group and that, despite elections, the inluence of the mass of citizens in such societies is minimal.
