by Lisa Wade
The Society Pages: Sociological Images - September 10, 2012
In 1956 sociologist C. Wright Mills published a book titled The Power Elite.
In it, he argued that our democracy was corrupt because the same
people exercised power in business, the military, and politics. This
small group, with so many important roles and connections, had an
influence on our society that was far out-of-proportion with their
numbers. This, he concluded, was a dire situation.
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