1st Edition

The Power Elite and the State

By G. William Domhoff Copyright 1990
336 Pages
by Routledge

315 Pages
by Routledge

315 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
Introduction; 1: Social Networks, Power, and the State; 2: Does it Matter Who Governs?; 3: Business Leaders, Experts, and the Social Security Act; 4: The Wagner Act and Class Conflict, 1897-1948; 5: Defining the National Interest, 1940-1942:; 6: The Ruling Class Does Rule; 7: State Autonomy And The Employment Act of 1946; 8: Class Segments and Trade Policy, 1917-1962; 9: Which Fat Cats Support Democrats?; 10: The Decline of Disruption and the Return of Conservatism; Envoi

Biography

G. William Domhoff