2019 · Q39
Who among the following in his book 'The Managerial Revolution' argued that a managerial class dominated all industrial societies, both capitalist and communist, by virtue of its technical and scientific knowledge and its administrative skills?
General KnowledgeStatic General Awareness
- AJames Burnham
- BRobert Michels
- CGaetano Mosca
- DVilfredo Pareto
Explanation
James Burnham's ‘The Managerial Revolution’ (1941) argued that a new ruling class of managers and technocrats was displacing both capitalists and workers in modern industrial societies, whether capitalist or communist. This ‘managerial’ thesis influenced political theory for decades. Neither Mills, Dahrendorf nor Bell authored this book. Hence James Burnham.