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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... chapter presents one aspect of a cumulative argument . In the second chapter , evidence is presented for the existence of a nation- wide corporate community that includes corporate lawyers , military contractors , and agribusinesses as ...
... chapter presents one aspect of a cumulative argument . In the second chapter , evidence is presented for the existence of a nation- wide corporate community that includes corporate lawyers , military contractors , and agribusinesses as ...
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... chapters , how the power elite dominates the two major po- litical parties and the federal government . ( The possible influence of public opinion on elections is considered in the next chapter . ) The idea that public opinion has ...
... chapters , how the power elite dominates the two major po- litical parties and the federal government . ( The possible influence of public opinion on elections is considered in the next chapter . ) The idea that public opinion has ...
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... chapter 5 . 60. Ann Orloff , The Politics of Pensions ( Madison : University of Wisconsin Press , 1993 ) . 61. Domhoff , State Autonomy or Class Dominance ?, op . cit . , pp . 128-149 . Chapter 5 of this book is a detailed empirical ...
... chapter 5 . 60. Ann Orloff , The Politics of Pensions ( Madison : University of Wisconsin Press , 1993 ) . 61. Domhoff , State Autonomy or Class Dominance ?, op . cit . , pp . 128-149 . Chapter 5 of this book is a detailed empirical ...
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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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