248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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A classic of American government, Who's Running America? continues to demonstrate how power is concentrated in large institutions no matter who inhabits the White House. The eighth edition of this best-selling text focuses on the Obama administration and the ways in which it is different from but also similar to administrations that have come before. Based on years of exhaustive data compilation... Read more
Chapter 1 Elitism in a Democracy Chapter 2 The Corporate Directors Chapter 3 The Money Elite Chapter 4 The Media Moguls Chapter 5 The Governing Circles Chapter 6 The Civic Establishment Chapter 7 How Institutional Elites Make Public Policy Chapter 8 The Structure of Institutional Power Chapter 9 Institutional Elites in America
Biography
Authored by Dye, Thomas R.
“Almost all introductory textbooks either ignore or only superficially mention the vast concentrations of private power, institutions, and decision-making in America and their consequences for meaningful democracy. For more than two decades, Who’s Running America? has filled this enormous gap. Thoughtfully and methodically, Dye analyzes the role of major institutions in decision-making and in constraining democracy. Well-illustrated with examples, Dye presents an up-to-date analysis that Hamilton and the Madison of Federalist 10 would find agreeable.”
—David Johns, Portland State University, author of A New Conservation Politics
