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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... policy network is not totally homogeneous . Reflecting differences of opinion within the corporate community , the moderate and ultra- conservative subgroups within the policy - formation network have long - standing disagreements . The ...
... policy network is not totally homogeneous . Reflecting differences of opinion within the corporate community , the moderate and ultra- conservative subgroups within the policy - formation network have long - standing disagreements . The ...
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... policy work , they miss the critical point in terms of power because they fail to connect the issue networks and experts to the corporate - financed organizations in the policy network that give them financial support , confer ...
... policy work , they miss the critical point in terms of power because they fail to connect the issue networks and experts to the corporate - financed organizations in the policy network that give them financial support , confer ...
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... network . The Business Roundtable began its activist efforts by coordinat- ing a successful lobbying campaign against a consumer - labor pro- posal for a new governmental ... POLICY - FORMATION NETWORK 159 The Liberal-Labor Policy Network.
... network . The Business Roundtable began its activist efforts by coordinat- ing a successful lobbying campaign against a consumer - labor pro- posal for a new governmental ... POLICY - FORMATION NETWORK 159 The Liberal-Labor Policy Network.
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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