Power and Politics - Power Elite Theory

• Politics in conducted by a small minority of individuals
• However it is not just wealth that puts people in power it can be personal gifts
• There is no real choice for voters at election time
• There is an inequality of group influence

Mosca

All but the most primitve societies are ruling by a numerical minority - the ruling class

• Modern elites havesuperior organisational kiolls
• Elites…