The Politics of Mass Society

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Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972 - Democracy - 256 pages
""The Politics of Mass Society"" explores the social conditions necessary for democracy and the vulnerabilities of large scale society to totalitarian systems. Mass movements mobilize people who are alienated from the social system, who do not believe in the legitimacy of the established order, and who are therefore ready to engage in efforts to destroy. Contrary to the psychological approach prevalent in European doctrines of mass movements, Kornhauser persuasively argues that social order is the critical factor. The greatest number of people available to mass movements are located in those.

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Introduction
13
Two Views of Mass Society
21
Conditions of Mass Society
39
Copyright

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