The power elite
by C. Wright Mills
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In 1956, sociologist C. Wright Mills published the classic book The Power Elite, which looked at how a narrow segment of the population with high positions in different institutions (legislators, corporations, the military) tended to make decisions for the population as a whole, with the consensus among these actors displacing authentic democracy.
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Civilization, Social conditions, Condiciones económicas, Politieke processen (rechtspraak), Sociale structuur, Elite, Elites, Classes sociales supérieures, Power (Social sciences), Elite (Social sciences), Upper class, Macht, Mills, c. wright (charles wright), 1916-1962, United states, civilization, United states, social conditionsPlaces
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The Power Elite
December 31, 1959, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford University Press
in English
0195006801 9780195006803
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: 1956.
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"THE powers of ordinary men are circumscribed by the everyday worlds in which they live, yet even in these rounds of job, family, and neighborhood they often seem driven by forces they can neither understand nor govern."
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