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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... legislation passed because of support from moderate conservatives in the power elite . In some instances this support was due to strong social disruption caused by economic upheaval or a social movement , but that is not the same thing ...
... legislation passed because of support from moderate conservatives in the power elite . In some instances this support was due to strong social disruption caused by economic upheaval or a social movement , but that is not the same thing ...
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... legislation for women , business leaders were vigorously opposed to minimum wages , which failed , and indifferent to the two proposals that passed . Maximum hours for women were not opposed by the corporate community because they did ...
... legislation for women , business leaders were vigorously opposed to minimum wages , which failed , and indifferent to the two proposals that passed . Maximum hours for women were not opposed by the corporate community because they did ...
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... legislation to be studied in great detail by a political scientist , and it is often claimed as evidence for pluralism even though the author's concern was sim- ply to examine all aspects of the legislative process on a single bill.69 ...
... legislation to be studied in great detail by a political scientist , and it is often claimed as evidence for pluralism even though the author's concern was sim- ply to examine all aspects of the legislative process on a single bill.69 ...
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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