SOCA02H3 Chapter 35: MSL Chapter 35
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Msl ch. 35 the power elite by c. wright mills. There are people in society who are not like everyone else (ordinary), they have power so they can look down upon and make decisions that can affect people"s everyday worlds. Jacob burckhardt said about great men that they are all that we are not" we might as well say this about elite. t h e elit e , a n d t h e y h a v e g r e a t p o w e r. The econo my has beco me do mina ted by 2 or 3 hundred giant corporations, ad ministrative politically in terrelated t hey hold t he keys to econo mic decision. The political order has beco me centralized, executive establish men t wi th m any powers, an enters into each and ever y aspect of social structure.