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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... major owners of most of the top 500 industrials for 1980 , showing that significant individual and family ownership continues to exist for all but the very largest of corporations . " One individual or family was a top stockholder ...
... major owners of most of the top 500 industrials for 1980 , showing that significant individual and family ownership continues to exist for all but the very largest of corporations . " One individual or family was a top stockholder ...
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... major foundation boards in 1996 discovered that the largest overlaps are with the Rockefeller Foundation ( seven ) and the Carnegie Corporation , Sloan Foundation , and Ford Foundation , each with six trustees who are members of the ...
... major foundation boards in 1996 discovered that the largest overlaps are with the Rockefeller Foundation ( seven ) and the Carnegie Corporation , Sloan Foundation , and Ford Foundation , each with six trustees who are members of the ...
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... major unintended consequence of their delibera- tions , and it was not until the 1830s and 1840s that a new generation of political leaders finally accommodated themselves to the idea that the two - party system was not disruptive of ...
... major unintended consequence of their delibera- tions , and it was not until the 1830s and 1840s that a new generation of political leaders finally accommodated themselves to the idea that the two - party system was not disruptive of ...
Contents
Power and Class in the United States | 1 |
The Corporate Community | 33 |
The Origins of the Corporate Community | 40 |
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