The Power Elite
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The Power Elite is a seminal sociological book by C. Wright Mills that analyzes how a small group of political, corporate, and military leaders dominate power and decision-making in the United States.
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| The Power Elite canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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sociology book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
political science
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sociology ⓘ |
| author | C. Wright Mills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| centralConcept | power elite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| critiques | pluralist theories of power ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
interlocking directorates of power
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relations between political, economic, and military institutions ⓘ |
| format | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
political sociology
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social criticism ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of corporate executives
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analysis of political leaders ⓘ analysis of the military establishment ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | critical of concentration of power ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
classic study of American power structure
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seminal work in sociology ⓘ |
| influenced |
critical sociology
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elite theory ⓘ political science debates on power structure ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
popularizing the term "power elite"
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systematic study of institutional power in the United States ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
military–industrial complex
NERFINISHED
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ruling class theory ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Sociological Imagination
NERFINISHED
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White Collar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | post–World War II America ⓘ |
| subject |
American democracy
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corporate power in the United States ⓘ elites ⓘ institutional analysis ⓘ military power in the United States ⓘ political power in the United States ⓘ power structure ⓘ ruling class ⓘ |
| thesis | a small group of political, corporate, and military leaders dominate key decisions in the United States ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed | mid-20th-century United States ⓘ |
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