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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 91
Page 74
... class , and ( 2 ) the corporate community and the upper class . The hypothetical member- ship matrix presented in table 3.1 demonstrates the general nature of the findings in this chapter . Note that the ... CLASS The Idea of Social Class.
... class , and ( 2 ) the corporate community and the upper class . The hypothetical member- ship matrix presented in table 3.1 demonstrates the general nature of the findings in this chapter . Note that the ... CLASS The Idea of Social Class.
Page 76
... social classes is nonetheless passed over as quickly as possible.8 People of the highest social status share the general distaste for talking about social class in an open and direct way . In a classic study of social classes in New ...
... social classes is nonetheless passed over as quickly as possible.8 People of the highest social status share the general distaste for talking about social class in an open and direct way . In a classic study of social classes in New ...
Page 77
... social class . A person is a member of the social class with which most of his or her participations , of this intimate kind , occur . 12 Similar definitions are provided by researchers from other dis- ciplines . One social psychology ...
... social class . A person is a member of the social class with which most of his or her participations , of this intimate kind , occur . 12 Similar definitions are provided by researchers from other dis- ciplines . One social psychology ...
Contents
Power and Class in the United States | 1 |
The Corporate Community | 33 |
The Origins of the Corporate Community | 40 |
Copyright | |
7 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
American analysis autonomy autonomy theory Bank boards Bohemian Bohemian Club Bohemian Grove Business Roundtable campaign candidates chapter Civil Rights claim class-domination theory clubs Committee companies Congress conservative corporate community corporate lawyers corporate leaders corporate rich Council on Foreign created defense Democratic Party develop directors discussed economic elected electoral employees environmental executives experts farm federal Foundation funds growth coalitions important income industrial institutions interest interlocks issues J. P. Morgan labor largest legislation liberal liberal-labor coalition major mass media membership ment million movement National organizations owners percent pluralists policy groups policy network policy-formation network political power elite president public opinion Republicans Research role schools scientists social class Social Register Sociological sociologist Southern Democrats think tanks tion two-party system ultraconservative unions United University Press upper class vote voters Washington wealth William Domhoff women workers York
References to this book
Freaks, Geeks, and Cool Kids: American Teenagers, Schools, and the Culture ... Murray Milner Jr. No preview available - 2004 |
Minding the Time in Family Experience: Emerging Perspectives and Issues Kerry Daly No preview available - 2001 |