Dissolving the iron cages? Tocqueville, michels, bureaucracy and the perpetuation of elite power

Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 319-343

  Courpasson, David ^a,g,h   Clegg, Stewart ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ICAN Research   (Australia)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g University of Technology Sidney ^*  (France)

^h LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Elites; Politics; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745679601     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508406063481     Document Type: Article

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