The power elite.

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>In 1956, sociologist C. Wright Mills published the classic book The Power Elite, which looked at how a narrow segment of the population with high positions in different institutions (legislators, corporations, the military) tended to make decisions for the population as a whole, with the consensus among these actors displacing authentic democracy. - [Current Affairs](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/02/who-are-the-power-elite)

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THE powers of ordinary men are circumscribed by the everyday worlds in which they live, yet even in these rounds of job, family, and neighborhood they often seem driven by forces they can neither understand nor govern.

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Other Editions

• The power elite.Oxford University Press1956-01-01
• The power elite.Oxford University Press1956-01-01
• The power eliteOxford University Press1956-01-01
• The power eliteOxford University Press1956-01-01
• The power eliteOxford University Press1959-01-01
• The power eliteOxford University Press1959-01-01