KnowraElite theoryLinked fromLinked fromThe 17 pages that link to Elite theory, each with the reason it gives.All 17Related 6Narrower topic 3Compared with 8Interest groupCompared with: It challenges the claim that group competition gives interests broadly equal access to influence.Subaltern StudiesCompared with: The school challenged accounts that made elites the principal agents of South Asian history.Power (social and political)Compared with: It offers a concentrated-power account opposed to pluralist interpretations.Political pluralismCompared with: Elite theory disputes the pluralist claim that power is dispersed among competing groups.Participatory democracyCompared with: It challenges the expectation that wider participation necessarily distributes meaningful political power.Political powerCompared with: It offers a direct alternative to explanations centered on broad competition among groups.Advocacy groupCompared with: It challenges the view that advocacy competition gives ordinary interests equal influence.GrassrootsCompared with: It offers a theory of influence that challenges grassroots accounts of popular power.