The Machiavellians. Defenders of Freedom.

Prezzolini, Giuseppe; Burnham, James

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“…The Elite Theory Democratic elitism accepts the main premise of elite theory: 'no societies are governed by the people, by a majority; all societies, including societies, called democratically, are ruled by a minority and that it also recognises that democratic principle is nothing but a formula that allows the ruling class to legitimise its power (Burnham, 1943). In a nutshell, the classical elite theory involves the following items: i.…”

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Democratic utopianism: still searching for the truest meaning of democracy

Yesufu

2023

IJRBS

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The objects of this research are: first, to explore the concept of democracy and its different meanings. Second, to highlight the shortcomings of living in a democratic country. Third, to explore the political leverage and potential dangers posed by members of elite democracy on the masses. Fourth, to warn political leaders of the setback of relying on a system of government that is nonexistent or practiced in its truest form. The researcher investigated the following: Divergent meanings and interpretations of democracy identified some shortcomings associated with democracy and the dangers of the powerful elite who are political leaders imposed on citizens. The main results of the research: first, there is no single country in the world that can rightfully hold claim to practicing democracy in its truest form. Second, democracy is an ideal system of government we all aspired to have, and third, the elite class has manipulated democratic processes to ensure their perpetual dominance over the masses. Fourth, democracy needs to be instituted properly and effectively for the benefit of citizens. The area of practical use of the research: all citizens living in a country where democracy is practiced, political leaders, political party members, students, workers, and public office holders, employees of regional and global organizations.

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Democratic utopianism: still searching for the truest meaning of democracy

Yesufu

2023

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“…Entangled political economy sees the protection of liberalism from two perspectives (Burnham 2020(Burnham [1943: 3-20). The first perspective is sentimental or idealistic, where "human governance could be reduced to ethics, law, and commerce, leaving no room for the political insertion of force into society" (Wagner 2017: 14).…”

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Duality, Liberty, and Realism in Entangled Political Economy

Garzarelli

Keeton²,

Sitoe

2023

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The work concentrates on the implications of the idealistic and the political realism senses of protecting classical liberalism for entangled political economy through the economics framework of duality. It finds that entangled political economy reveals a failure of the primal problem of duality, but not of the dual one. The modeling survival of the dual problem suggests that the minimization of coercion is what can (and must) be genuinely solved to protect classical liberalism. The solution hinges on institutional design as opposed to allocative choice. And this solution implies that the relationship between liberty and coercion is itself entangled.

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“…On the other hand, some authors conceive democracies as particular cases of unavoidable domination schemes, as so-called Maquiavellians intellectuals (Burnham, 1987(Burnham, [1943) from Gaetano Mosca (1960Mosca ( [1939) to Pareto (1964Pareto ( [1916) and Robert Michels (2023Michels ( [1911), who wrote at the beginning of the last century. For them, especially in the Moschian notion of political formula, regarding the "legal and moral basis, or principle, on which the power of the political class rests" (Mosca, 1960(Mosca, [1939: p. 71), democracy represents a special case of what Max Weber would later refer to as rational-legal domination (Weber, 1978(Weber, [1922), where the new constitutions or superior laws only reflect the improvement of former rules that legitimated a certain type of power structure and authority.…”

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A Formula to Save Us (From Ourselves): Continuity and Change in the Spanish Legal Domination System (1959–2024)

Villena‐Oliver,

Romero‐Reche

2024

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This paper analyzes how a structure of Weberian rational domination has been built and consolidated in Spain since 1959, the year when the so‐called Economic Stabilization Plan was approved. This sort of economic constitution represents one of the most important foundations of a technocratic regime that survived the death of a dictator (General Francisco Franco), not only transcending the traditional differentiations between autocratic and democratic regimes but also offering a different perspective to the debate about the degree of continuity and rupture attained by the Spanish political transition in the 1970s. We analyze the institutions, leadership, most influential networks, political discourse, and historical myths through a theory of power and elites to examine the Spanish case. With this remarkable example of structural transformation and institutional resilience over decades, we also propose a more complex and multidimensional approach that could be fruitful to understanding some of the problems of political representation that current democracies are undergoing.

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The Machiavellians. Defenders of Freedom.

Cited by 16 publications

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Democratic utopianism: still searching for the truest meaning of democracy

Democratic utopianism: still searching for the truest meaning of democracy

Duality, Liberty, and Realism in Entangled Political Economy

A Formula to Save Us (From Ourselves): Continuity and Change in the Spanish Legal Domination System (1959–2024)

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