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The Power Elite is a 1956 book by sociologist C. Wright Mills, in which Mills calls attention to the interwoven interests of the leaders of the military, corporate, and political elements of society and suggests that the ordinary citizen in modern times is a relatively powerless subject of manipulation by those three entities.
- C. Wright Mills
- April 19, 1956
- 1956
- United States
Feb 17, 2000 · First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United States, calling attention to three firmly interlocked prongs of power: the military, corporate, and political elite.
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- C. Wright Mills
- $19.49
- Oxford University Press
Aug 13, 2018 · His concept, “power elite,” refers to the interlocking interests of elites from three key aspects of society—politics, corporations, and the military—and how they had coalesced into one tightly knit power center that worked to reinforce and steward their political and economic interests.
This chapter examines The Power Elite, a radical work by C. Wright Mills that challenges the foundations of US liberal democracy and analyses the conditions under which democratic pluralism in the country can be reversed. Focusing on the theory of divided and united elites in relation to the system of checks and balances, Mills argues that the ...
When the power elite find that in order to get things done they must reach below their own realms — as is the case when it is necessary to get bills passed through Congress — they themselves must exert some pressure. But among the power elite, the name for such high-level lobbying is ‘liaison work.’
Mills's view on the power elite is that they represent their own interest, which include maintaining a "permanent war economy" to control the ebbs and flow of American Capitalism and the masking of "a manipulative social and political order through the mass media."
Jul 19, 2015 · Want to read. Kindle $9.99. Rate this book. The Power Elite. C. Wright Mills, Alan Wolfe. 4.15. 1,515 ratings114 reviews. First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C.
