sentences:  Burnham’s early work "The Managerial Revolution" sought to express the movement of all functional power into the hands of managers rather than politicians or businessmen—separating ownership and control.Many of these ideas were adapted by paleoconservatives Samuel T. Francis and Paul Gottfried in their theories of the managerial state.Burnham described his thoughts on elite theory more specifically in his book, "The Machiavellians", which discusses, among others, Pareto, Mosca, and Michels.