Download or read book Elitism (Routledge Revivals) written by G. Lowell Field and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1980, this book presents an important critique of prevailing political doctrine in Western societies at a time of major change in circumstances of Western civilization. G. Lowell Field and John Higley stress the importance of a more realistic appraisal of elite and mass roles in politics, arguing that political stability and any real degree of representative democracy depend fundamentally on the existence of specific kinds of elites.