The Politics of Mass Society""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. |
Contents
Introduction | 13 |
Two Views of Mass Society | 21 |
Conditions of Mass Society | 39 |
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access to elites accessible elites activity alienated appeals areas aristocratic critics asso atomized authority autonomy Bolshevik central chiliasm Communist movements Communist party Communist vote countries critics of mass cultural demo democratic critics economic elites and non-elites especially example extremist farmers Fascist favor forms France freedom French Germany independent groups individual industrial institutions integration intellectuals intermediate relations Italy kinds labor lack large numbers larger society leaders leadership less liberal democracy liberty Lipset major mass action mass behavior mass movements mass politics mass society mass tendencies membership ments middle classes mobilization modern Nazi nazism non-elites organization participation pluralism pluralist pluralist society popular population Poujade Poujadists response result Selznick small businessmen social alienation social atomization social order Socialist SOURCE structure tend theory of mass tion totalitarian movements totalitarian society trade unions traditional unemployed unemployment University Press urban voluntary associations vulnerable widespread workers working-class York