Elites and Democratic Theory: Insights from the Self-Organizing Model

@article{citeulike:840932, abstract = {The role of elites within liberal democracy is a perennial issue. One reason why is an inappropriate theoretical conception of democracy. They are self-organizing systems rather than instrumental organizations. As such they have more in common systemically with science and the market than with democratic organizations or undemocratic states. Examining the role of elites within science and the market sheds light on how they work within democracies. Such an examination shows them to be both necessary and dangerous. Traditional \"elitist\" analyses of democracy suffer from confusions which the self-organizing model clears up. It also offers improvements on traditional \"pluralist\" conceptions.}, author = {Dizerega, Gus }, citeulike-article-id = {840932}, journal = {The Review of Politics}, keywords = {democracy, elites}, number = {2}, pages = {340--372}, posted-at = {2006-09-12 14:34:01}, priority = {3}, title = {Elites and Democratic Theory: Insights from the Self-Organizing Model}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/1407758}, volume = {53}, year = {1991} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:840932 L3 - citeulike-article-id:840932 TI - Elites and Democratic Theory: Insights from the Self-Organizing Model JF - The Review of Politics VL - 53 IS - 2 SP - 340 EP - 372 N2 - The role of elites within liberal democracy is a perennial issue. One reason why is an inappropriate theoretical conception of democracy. They are self-organizing systems rather than instrumental organizations. As such they have more in common systemically with science and the market than with democratic organizations or undemocratic states. Examining the role of elites within science and the market sheds light on how they work within democracies. Such an examination shows them to be both necessary and dangerous. Traditional "elitist" analyses of democracy suffer from confusions which the self-organizing model clears up. It also offers improvements on traditional "pluralist" conceptions. KW - democracy KW - elites AU - Dizerega, Gus PY - 1991/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/1407758 ER -