The Politics of Mass SocietyAttempts to account for some of the major social factors that weaken democratic order by applying the theory of mass society to a variety of empirical materials. |
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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 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 regime response result rural 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