The Four Theories of Political Elites

The question that four theories of Political Elites attempts to answer is that "who...governs and to what ends?" Each political theory poses valid arguments on the topic of control and influence, even though all the theories vary from one to another these hold some similarities with each other. Theories from political thinkers such as Karl Marx, and his Marxist theory, CW. Mills and the idea of The Establishment, Max Weber and the theory of the Bureaucrats, and the Pluralist theory are the four theories of the Political Elite and though they seem to differ greatly there is still some room to spot similarities.
The Marxist theory, based on the teachings of Karl Marx, is centralized on the struggle of power between "capitalists and workers." It is the view that sees the ability to govern in respects to who holds control over the economy. The government, according to Marx, is "a piece of machinery," meant to, "express and give legal effect to the underlying class interests." In li...