The New Men of Power

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The New Men of Power is a sociological study by C. Wright Mills that analyzes the rise and influence of labor leaders and union bureaucracies in mid-20th-century American industrial society.

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instanceOf book
sociological study
addresses class conflict
collective bargaining
social stratification
union–management cooperation
analyzes influence of labor leaders
rise of labor leaders
role of union bureaucracies
author C. Wright Mills NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
critiques bureaucratization of unions
conservatism of union leadership
limited democracy within unions
examines impact of union leadership on rank-and-file workers
integration of labor leaders into the power elite
political role of organized labor
relationship between unions and corporate management
relationship between unions and the state
field industrial sociology
labor studies
political sociology
focusesOn mid-20th-century United States
genre non-fiction
sociology
historicalContext growth of mass industrial unions
post–World War II American economy
influenced later studies of labor leadership
research on power elites in the United States
language English
mainSubject American working class
industrial society
labor leaders
power structure
trade unions
union bureaucracy
notableFor early articulation of Mills’s power-elite framework
linking union leadership to broader structures of power
perspective critical sociological analysis
relatedWork The Power Elite NERFINISHED
White Collar NERFINISHED
situatedInSeries C. Wright Mills’s early studies of power
theorizes labor leaders as part of a broader power structure

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C. Wright Mills notableWork The New Men of Power