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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... issues on which the power elite makes little or no effort to shape public opinion ? If so , then the influence of public opinion in the resolution of these issues is irrelevant to a class - domination theory even though such issues ...
... issues on which the power elite makes little or no effort to shape public opinion ? If so , then the influence of public opinion in the resolution of these issues is irrelevant to a class - domination theory even though such issues ...
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... issues , this does not mean the liberal opinions have any influence . To the con- trary , much evidence suggests that the majority's opinion is often ig- nored . This point is made most clearly by the " right turn " taken by the Carter ...
... issues , this does not mean the liberal opinions have any influence . To the con- trary , much evidence suggests that the majority's opinion is often ig- nored . This point is made most clearly by the " right turn " taken by the Carter ...
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... issues , they are seen by conservatives in the power elite as " cross - cutting " issues that may be useful as " wedges " in trying to defeat liberal - labor candidates in the electoral arena . Social issues are thought to be helpful to ...
... issues , they are seen by conservatives in the power elite as " cross - cutting " issues that may be useful as " wedges " in trying to defeat liberal - labor candidates in the electoral arena . Social issues are thought to be helpful to ...
Contents
Power and Class in the United States | 1 |
The Corporate Community | 33 |
The Origins of the Corporate Community | 40 |
Copyright | |
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