SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes -The Power Elite, Bourgeoisie, Military Elite
24 Apr 2011
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T he power el i te: wright mills. The powers of ordinary men are circumscribed by the everyday worlds in which they live, yet they often seem driven by forces they can neither understand nor govern. The power elite is composed of men whose positions enable them to transcend the ordinary environments of ordinary men and women; they are in positions to make decisions having major consequences. They run the machinery of the state and claim its prerogatives. They occupy the strategic command posts of the social structure, in which they are not centered the effective the effective means of the power and the wealth and the celebrity which they enjoy. Advisers and consultants, spokesmen and opinion makers are often the captains of their higher thought and decision. www. notesolution. com. The t ruth about the nature and the power of the elite is not some secret which men of affairs know but will not tell.
