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"This volume presents a network of social power, indicating that theories inspired by C. Wright Mills are far more accurate views about power in America than those of Mills's opponents. Dr. Domhoff shows how and why coalitions within the power elite have involved themselves in such policy issues as the Social Security Act (1935) and the Employment Act (1946), and how the National Labor Relations Act (1935) could pass against the opposition of every major corporation. The book descri bes how experts worked closely with the power elite in shaping the plansfor a post-World War II world economic order, in good part realized during the past 30 years. Arguments are advanced that the fat cats who support the Democrats cannot be understood in terms of narrow self-interest, and that moderate conservatives dominated policy-making under Reagan."--Provided by publisher

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Politics and government, Elite (Social sciences), Power (Social sciences), Macht, Elite (Social sciences) -- United States, Politische Elite, Politische Willensbildung, Overheidsbeleid, Elites, Pouvoir (Sciences sociales), Élite (Sciences sociales), Politisches System, Politique et gouvernement, United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century, Elite, Regierung, United states, politics and government, 20th century, Power - social sciences, U.s. politics & government - 20th century, 20th century american history - politics & government - general & miscellaneous

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United States, États-Unis

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20th century, 20e siècle
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Table of Contents

Preface
Page xi
Introduction
Page xii
1. Social Networks, Power, and the State
Page 1
Introduction
Page 1
Liberalism, Marxism, and State Theory
Page 6
States and Social Classes
Page 9
2. Does it Matter who Governs?
Page 17
Indicators of Power
Page 17
Uncertainty in Organizations
Page 20
The Cohesion of Class Segments
Page 22
States and Social Democrats
Page 25
The Need for State Unity
Page 26
Conclusion
Page 28
3. Business Leaders, Experts, and the Social Security Act
Page 29
Introduction
Page 29
Corporate Liberalism and Mills
Page 32
The Distortion of Corporate-Liberal Theory
Page 40
The Social Security Act of 1935
Page 44
4. The Wagner Act and Class Conflict, 1897-1948
Page 65
The Origins and Tribulations of Collective Bargaining
Page 71
Labor Policy in the Early New Deal
Page 79
Who Wrote the Wagner Act?
Page 91
Why Did It Pass?
Page 96
Implications and Conclusions
Page 104
5. Defining the National Interest, 1940-1942: A Critique of Krasner's Theory of American State Autonomy
Page 107
Introduction
Page 107
Krasner's Theory and Findings
Page 108
The Council on Foreign Relations and the National Interest
Page 113
Discussion
Page 144
6. The Ruling Class Does Rule: The State Autonomy Theory of Fred Block, and the Origins of the International Monetary FUnd
Page 153
Introduction
Page 153
Block's Theory
Page 155
The Who, Why, and How of the IMF
Page 159
Discussion and Conclusion
Page 181
7. State Autonomy and the Employment Act of 1946: An Empirical Attack on a Theoretical Fantasy
Page 187
Introduction
Page 187
Conflict over the Employment Bill
Page 196
Conclusion
Page 201
8. Class Segments and Trade Policy, 1917-1962: A Challenge to Pluralists and Structural Marxists
Page 205
The Pluralists
Page 206
The Structural Marxist
Page 208
Trade Policy in the Interwar Years
Page 209
Postwar Trade Policies
Page 210
The Trade Expansion Act
Page 217
Conclusion
Page 222
9. Which Fat Cats Support Democrats?
Page 225
Right Turn and the Decline of the Democrats
Page 226
Politics and Policies
Page 229
Fat Cats and Democrats
Page 232
The South and the Growth Machines
Page 235
Jews and Democrats
Page 245
10. The Decline of Disruption and the Return to Conservatism
Page 257
Disruption and Power
Page 260
Was Business Disorganized?
Page 264
The Rise of Capital-Labor Conflict
Page 276
ENVOI
Page 283
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Page 287
INDEX
Page 309

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-308) and index.

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New York
Series
Social institutions and social change

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Dewey Decimal Class
305.5/2/0973
Library of Congress
HN90.E4 D648 1990, HN90.E4D648 1990

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 315 p. ;
Number of pages
315

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OL1849036M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0202303721, 020230373X
LCCN
90000393
OCLC/WorldCat
21292932
Goodreads
837658
254514

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