Who Rules America?: Power and Politics in the Year 2000Sociologist Domhoff argues that there is a power elite in the United States comprising a corporate community, a social upper class, and a policy formation network that intersect with each other in significant ways and score at the top of four power indicators who benefits, who governs, who wins on p |
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... autonomy , is due to several intertwined factors : ( 1 ) its mo- nopoly on the legitimate use of force within the country , ( 2 ) its unique role in defending the country from foreign rivals , and ( 3 ) its regula- tory and taxing ...
... autonomy , is due to several intertwined factors : ( 1 ) its mo- nopoly on the legitimate use of force within the country , ( 2 ) its unique role in defending the country from foreign rivals , and ( 3 ) its regula- tory and taxing ...
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... autonomy theorists that there is considerable expertise lodged inside the federal government . To the contrary , the government has relatively little expertise of its own on the major power issues in the United States . This was even ...
... autonomy theorists that there is considerable expertise lodged inside the federal government . To the contrary , the government has relatively little expertise of its own on the major power issues in the United States . This was even ...
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... autonomy theorists assume in a similar fashion that a growing budget and an increasing number of employees are two indicators of the power of any agency or department within government . " But Dye and the state autonomy theorists are ...
... autonomy theorists assume in a similar fashion that a growing budget and an increasing number of employees are two indicators of the power of any agency or department within government . " But Dye and the state autonomy theorists are ...
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Power and Class in the United States | 1 |
The Corporate Community | 33 |
The Origins of the Corporate Community | 40 |
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