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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... voters who agree with the liberal - labor coalition on eco- nomic issues often disagree with it on one or more social issues , providing an opportunity for the corporate - conservative coalition to win their allegiance . Although a ...
... voters who agree with the liberal - labor coalition on eco- nomic issues often disagree with it on one or more social issues , providing an opportunity for the corporate - conservative coalition to win their allegiance . Although a ...
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... voters . Virtually every account of a presidential election since at least 1968 concludes that the campaign was one of image building and issue avoiding , with both candidates asking voters to trust them on the basis of their personal ...
... voters . Virtually every account of a presidential election since at least 1968 concludes that the campaign was one of image building and issue avoiding , with both candidates asking voters to trust them on the basis of their personal ...
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... voters was complemented by the fact that the gradual industrialization of the South since World War II has made the economic base of the Southern segment of the dominant class even more similar to that of its Northern counterpart . When ...
... voters was complemented by the fact that the gradual industrialization of the South since World War II has made the economic base of the Southern segment of the dominant class even more similar to that of its Northern counterpart . When ...
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Power and Class in the United States | 1 |
The Corporate Community | 33 |
The Origins of the Corporate Community | 40 |
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