This work has been declared by the AHA board as historic, and is superseded by Humanist Manifesto III. The Manifesto is a product of many minds. It was designed to represent a developing point of view, not a new creed.
Re: the iron law of oligarchy Aug22-09, 10:47 PM JRDunassigned: The iron law of oligarchy is a political theory, first developed by the German syndicalist sociologist Robert Michels in his 1911 book, Political Parties. This is actually wrong.
The second he termed âbureaucraticâ, and was associated with institutions such as democracy and political parties (in part influenced by Robert Michelsâ turn of the twentieth century work on the âiron law of oligarchyâ and later elite theory writings). The third Weber termed âcharismaticâ.