<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Democracy">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Democracy</a><div><br></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy#Examples_and_exceptions">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy#Examples_and_exceptions</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>excerpt :</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">&quot;The book addresses the factors that influence the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_structure" title="Power structure" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">power structure</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_making" title="Decision making" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">decision making</a> processes in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization" title="Organization" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">organizations</a>, with a specific focus on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_system" title="Political system" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">political systems</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">democracy</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy" title="Oligarchy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">oligarchy</a>. The problem seen as central by the authors was the difficulty of maintaining democracy in organizations. The issue was first raised by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Michels" title="Robert Michels" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Robert Michels</a> in his <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_Parties" title="Political Parties" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Political Parties</a></i> and termed the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy" title="Iron law of oligarchy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Iron law of oligarchy</a>: all forms of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization" title="Organization" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">organization</a>, regardless of how <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic" title="Democratic" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">democratic</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocratic" title="Autocratic" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">autocratic</a> they may be at the start, will eventually and inevitably develop into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy" title="Oligarchy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">oligarchies</a>&quot;...</span></div>