Aron, Raymond. "Vilfredo Pareto." In Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Volume II: Durkheim/Pareto/ Weber, translated by Richard Howard and Helen Weaver, pp. 99-176. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1967.

Analysis of Pareto's theories of logical and non-logical actions within the framework of western thought.

Ascoli, Max. "Society through Pareto's Mind." Social Research: An International Quarterly of Political and Social Science 3, No. 1 (February 1936): 78-89.

Critique of Pareto's theories as found in The Mind and Society. Ascoli takes exception to Pareto's loose definitions, vague terminology, pretense of objectivity, and detached use of "logico-experimental reason."

Berger, Brigitte. "Vilfredo Pareto and the Sociology of Knowledge." Social Research: An International Quarterly of Political and Social Science 34, No. 2 (Summer 1967): 265-81.

Examines Pareto's thought, especially his sociological theory of history, as a useful adjunct to American sociological theory.

Blaug, Mark, ed. Vilfredo P areto (1848-1923). Aldershot, England: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 1992, 381 p.

Collection of twenty-three essays from the years 1933-1984 on Pareto's social, economic, and political theory.

Bogardus, Emory S. "Pareto and Fascist Thought." In The Development of Social Thought, pp. 505-22. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1940.

Surveys the basic tenets of Pareto's Trattato de sociologica generale and the relation of these ideas to fascist thought.

Burnham, James. "Pareto: The Nature of Social Action." In The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom, pp. 171-220. New York: The John Day Company, Inc., 1943.

Analysis of Pareto's theories of logical and non-logical conduct, residues and derivations, social utility, and the circulation of the elites as part of a larger study of sociological thought since Dante.

Coser, Lewis A. "Vilfredo Pareto, 1848-1923." In Masters of Sociological Thought: Ideas in Historical and Social Context, pp. 386-426. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977.

Overview of the main points of Pareto's sociological theories.

Faris, Ellsworth. "An Estimate of Pareto." In The Nature of Human Nature and Other Essays in Social Psychology, pp. 190-201. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937.

Claims that Pareto's Trattato de sociologica generale has little or no value for the American student of sociology.

Finer, S. E. Introduction to Vilfredo P areto: Sociological Writings, translated by Derick Mirfin, pp. 3-95. London: Pall Mall Press, 1966.

Includes a biographical summary, along with an examination of the development of Pareto's theoretical system and a critique of his overall contribution to sociology.

—. "Pareto and Pluto-Democracy: The Retreat to Galapagos." The American Political Science Review LXII, No. 2 (June 1968): 440-50.

Investigates the reasons why Pareto developed his theories, reexamines his views on pluto-democracy and the elite, and argues that he has been misinterpreted as a proto-fascist.

Harrington, John. "Vilfredo Pareto." In Social Theorists, edited by Clement S. Mihanovich, pp. 174-200. Milwaukee, Wise: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1953.

Outlines the framework of Pareto's sociological theory and highlights its influence on American sociology.

Henderson, Lawrence J. P areto 's General Sociology: A Physiologist's Interpretation. New York: Russell & Russell, 1935, 119 p.

Book-length study of the scientific aspects of Pareto's sociological system. Half of the text is organized into notes dealing with specific points of Pareto's theory.

Homans, George C. and Charles P. Curtis, Jr. An Introduction to Pareto: His Sociology. New York: Howard Fertig, 1970, 299 p.

Detailed exploration of Pareto's sociology and his place in the development of the field.

Hook, Sidney. "Pareto's Sociological System." The Nation (New York) CXL, No. 3651 (June 26, 1935): 747-48.

Review of The Mind and Society that calls the work "the most ambitious attempt of the twentieth century to construct a scientific system of sociology."

Meisel, James H., ed. P areto & Mosca. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1965, 184 p.

Contains essays on Pareto's sociological system by various contributors, including articles on the relation of his thought to that of Gaetano Mosca.

Nye, Robert A. "Pareto." In The Anti-Democratic Sources of Elite Theory: Pareto, Mosca, Michels, pp. 20-5. London: SAGE Publications, 1977.

Discusses the social and political context in which Pareto developed his theory of elite social classes.

Perry, Charner. "Pareto's Contribution to Social Science." International Journal of Ethics 46, No. 1 (October 1935): 96-107.

Remarks on flaws in Pareto's sociological theory, while noting the importance of his observations on the non-logical factors in human behavior.

Ricci, Umberto. "Pareto and Pure Economics." Review of Economic Studies 1, No. 1 (1933): 3-21.

Evaluation of Pareto's theories on the sources of economic equilibrium: consumption, production, and exchange.

Samuels, Warren J. Pareto on Policy. Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, 1974, 232 p.

Examines Pareto's contribution to a general equilibrium economic policy and his influence on the science of policy analysis.

Tarascio, Vincent J. "Pareto on Political Economy." History of Political Economy 6, No. 4 (Winter 1974): 361-80.

Extracts a theory of political economy from Pareto's sociological, economic, and political writings.

—. "Pareto: A View of the Present through the Past." Journal of Political Economy 84, No. 1 (February 1976): 109-22.

Biographical interpretation of Pareto's philosophical principles.