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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... board and source of advice for management , with the top managers having great influence in naming their successors in running the company . The exact role of the board may vary from corporation to corpo- ration , but boards of ...
... board and source of advice for management , with the top managers having great influence in naming their successors in running the company . The exact role of the board may vary from corporation to corpo- ration , but boards of ...
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... boards , including Safeway Stores and Duracell International - all companies that he and his partners acquired in quick succession after 1986. His cousin and part- ner , George Roberts , joins him on six of those boards . There can be ...
... boards , including Safeway Stores and Duracell International - all companies that he and his partners acquired in quick succession after 1986. His cousin and part- ner , George Roberts , joins him on six of those boards . There can be ...
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... boards . In the case of Latinos , those who are wealthy are most often Cuban - Americans who brought their wealth to the United States when they left Cuba because of Fidel Castro's revolutionary takeover in 1959. Many other well - to ...
... boards . In the case of Latinos , those who are wealthy are most often Cuban - Americans who brought their wealth to the United States when they left Cuba because of Fidel Castro's revolutionary takeover in 1959. Many other well - to ...
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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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