"1876Z"^^ . . "1876-01-09Z"^^ . . "1936Z"^^ . "sociologist and political scientist" . "Robert Michels (German: [\u02C8m\u026A\u00E7\u0259ls]; 9 January 1876, Cologne, Germany \u2013 3 May 1936, Rome, Italy) was a German sociologist and fascist who wrote on the political behavior of intellectual elites and contributed to elite theory. He is best known for his book Political Parties, published in 1911, which contains a description of the \"iron law of oligarchy.\" He was a friend and disciple of Max Weber,Werner Sombart and Achille Loria."@en . . "Michels, Roberto (Italian)"@en . . "Michels, Robert"@en . . . "1936-05-03Z"^^ .