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The Iron Law of Oligarchy is a theory in the sociology of politics, first articulated by sociologist Robert Michels in his 1911 work Sociology of Political Parties: An Investigation into the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy (German: Zur Soziologie des Parteiwesens in der modernen Demokratie). In its most concise formulation, the law asserts that every type of organization, regardless of its nature, inevitably evolves into the rule of a minority—a minority that becomes an oligarchy. Ac