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"This volume presents a network of social power, indicating that theories inspired by C. Wright Mills are far more accurate views about power in America than those of Mills's opponents. Dr. Domhoff shows how and why coalitions within the power elite have involved themselves in such policy issues as the Social Security Act (1935) and the Employment Act (1946), and how the National Labor Relations Act (1935) could pass against the opposition of every major corporation. The book descri bes how experts worked closely with the power elite in shaping the plansfor a post-World War II world economic order, in good part realized during the past 30 years. Arguments are advanced that the fat cats who support the Democrats cannot be understood in terms of narrow self-interest, and that moderate conservatives dominated policy-making under Reagan."--Provided by publisher

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A. de Gruyter
Language
English
Pages
315

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Subjects
Politics and government, Elite (Social sciences), Power (Social sciences), Macht, Elite (Social sciences) -- United States, Politische Elite, Politische Willensbildung, Overheidsbeleid, Elites, Pouvoir (Sciences sociales), Élite (Sciences sociales), Politisches System, Politique et gouvernement, United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century, Elite, Regierung, United states, politics and government, 20th century, Elite (social sciences), Power - social sciences, U.s. politics & government - 20th century, 20th century american history - politics & government - general & miscellaneous
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United States, États-Unis
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20th century, 20e siècle
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The power elite and the state: how policy is made in America
1990, A. de Gruyter
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Table of Contents

Preface Page xi
Introduction Page xii
1. Social Networks, Power, and the State Page 1 Introduction Page 1 Liberalism, Marxism, and State Theory Page 6 States and Social Classes Page 9 2. Does it Matter who Governs? Page 17 Indicators of Power Page 17 Uncertainty in Organizations Page 20 The Cohesion of Class Segments Page 22 States and Social Democrats Page 25 The Need for State Unity Page 26 Conclusion Page 28 3. Business Leaders, Experts, and the Social Security Act Page 29 Introduction Page 29 Corporate Liberalism and Mills Page 32 The Distortion of Corporate-Liberal Theory Page 40 The Social Security Act of 1935 Page 44 4. The Wagner Act and Class Conflict, 1897-1948 Page 65 The Origins and Tribulations of Collective Bargaining Page 71 Labor Policy in the Early New Deal Page 79 Who Wrote the Wagner Act? Page 91 Why Did It Pass? Page 96 Implications and Conclusions Page 104 5. Defining the National Interest, 1940-1942: A Critique of Krasner's Theory of American State Autonomy Page 107 Introduction Page 107 Krasner's Theory and Findings Page 108 The Council on Foreign Relations and the National Interest Page 113 Discussion Page 144 6. The Ruling Class Does Rule: The State Autonomy Theory of Fred Block, and the Origins of the International Monetary FUnd Page 153 Introduction Page 153 Block's Theory Page 155 The Who, Why, and How of the IMF Page 159 Discussion and Conclusion Page 181 7. State Autonomy and the Employment Act of 1946: An Empirical Attack on a Theoretical Fantasy Page 187 Introduction Page 187 Conflict over the Employment Bill Page 196 Conclusion Page 201 8. Class Segments and Trade Policy, 1917-1962: A Challenge to Pluralists and Structural Marxists Page 205 The Pluralists Page 206 The Structural Marxist Page 208 Trade Policy in the Interwar Years Page 209 Postwar Trade Policies Page 210 The Trade Expansion Act Page 217 Conclusion Page 222 9. Which Fat Cats Support Democrats? Page 225 Right Turn and the Decline of the Democrats Page 226 Politics and Policies Page 229 Fat Cats and Democrats Page 232 The South and the Growth Machines Page 235 Jews and Democrats Page 245 10. The Decline of Disruption and the Return to Conservatism Page 257 Disruption and Power Page 260 Was Business Disorganized? Page 264 The Rise of Capital-Labor Conflict Page 276 ENVOI Page 283 BIBLIOGRAPHY Page 287 INDEX Page 309

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-308) and index.

Series
Social institutions and social change

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.5/2/0973
Library of Congress
HN90.E4 D648 1990, HN90.E4D648 1990

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Pagination
xix, 315 p. ;
Number of pages
315

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Open Library
OL1849036M
Internet Archive
powerelitestateh0000domh
ISBN 10
0202303721, 020230373X
LCCN
90000393
OCLC/WorldCat
21292932
Goodreads
837658
254514

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