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List of Tables and Figures | |
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Preface | |
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Elitism in a Democracy | |
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The Inevitability of Elites | |
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The Institutional Basis of Power | |
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Power as Decision-Making: The Pluralist View | |
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Identifying Positions of Power | |
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Dimensions of America's Elite | |
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Some Questions for Research | |
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The Corporate Directors | |
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The Concentration of Corporate Power | |
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The Globalization of Economic Power | |
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Institutionalizing the Global Economy | |
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Who Controls Corporate America? | |
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Inside the Boardrooms | |
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The Managers: Climbing the Corporate Ladder | |
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The Inheritors: Starting at the Top | |
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The Ford Family | |
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The Walton Family | |
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Paychecks of the Corporate Chiefs | |
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Corporate Counterrevolutions | |
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Hostile Takeovers | |
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The Limits of Corporate Power | |
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Summary | |
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The Money Elite | |
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The Concentration of Financial Resources | |
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The Banking Boardrooms | |
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac | |
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The Wall Street Bailout | |
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The Treasury's TARP | |
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GM Bankruptcy | |
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Fed Responses | |
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The Economic Stimulus Package | |
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Financial Regulation | |
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The Federal Reserve Board | |
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Controlling the Money Supply | |
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Ben Bernanke: Managing the Nation's Money | |
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The Securities and Exchange Commission | |
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The Superrich | |
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Changing Sources of Wealth | |
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Warren Buffett: Radical Investor | |
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Summary | |
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The Media Moguls | |
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Agenda Setting: Deciding What Wilt Be Decided | |
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The Concentration of Media Power | |
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Rupert Murdoch: Founder of FOX | |
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Ted Turner: Maverick Media Mogul | |
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Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.: The New York Times | |
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The Graham Family: The Washington Post | |
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Bad News and Good Profits | |
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Liberal Bias in the News | |
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Wolf Blitzer: TV Anchor | |
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The Internet: Expanding Communication | |
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Arianna Huffington: Internet Influence | |
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Prime Time: Socializing the Masses | |
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Summary | |
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The Governing Circles | |
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The Concentration of Governmental Power | |
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The Politicians: Ambition and Office Seeking | |
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Barack Obama: A Call for Change | |
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Early Life | |
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Education | |
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Audacity of Hope | |
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Early Political Career | |
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Presidential Campaign | |
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The Obama Reign | |
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Campaigner-in-Chief | |
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Policy Initiatives | |
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The Individual Mandate | |
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Failed Initiatives | |
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Iraq, Afghanistan, and Osama bin Laden | |
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Reelection | |
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Back to Work | |
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Executive Decision-Makers: The Serious People | |
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Executive Leadership Profile | |
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Hillary Clinton: Leading the Way for Women | |
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John Kerry: Wealth and Power | |
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Valerie Jarrett: In the Innermost Circle | |
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The Congressional Establishment | |
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Paul Ryan: Young Gun in The House | |
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John Boehner: Leading House Republicans | |
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Nancy Pelosi: Leading House Democrats | |
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The Judges | |
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Clarence Thomas: Up from Pinpoint | |
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Sonia Sotomayor: A Latina on the Court | |
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The Military Establishment | |
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Colin Powell: Soldier-Statesman | |
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Summary | |
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The Civic Establishment | |
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Fat Cats: Financing Politics | |
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The "Superlawyers" | |
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Paul Clement: Arguing before the High Court | |
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The "Fixers": Peddling Power for Prop | |
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The Foundations | |
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Bill Gates: Global Philanthropist | |
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The Billion-Dollar Universities | |
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The Cultural Institutions | |
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Summary | |
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How Institutional Elites Make Public Policy | |
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Policy as Elite Preference | |
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An Oligarchic Model of National Policy-Making | |
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The Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission | |
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The Council on Foreign Relations | |
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The Trilateral Commission | |
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The Business Roundtable | |
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The Brookings Institution | |
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Competition among Elites | |
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The American Enterprise Institute | |
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The Heritage Foundation | |
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The Center for American Progress | |
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The Liberal Establishment | |
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Establishment Challenges: The Wall Street Journal and FOX News | |
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Dueling Foundations | |
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George Soros: Funding the Far Left | |
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The "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy" | |
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Scaife Family Foundations | |
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Bradley Foundation | |
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Koch Family Foundations | |
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Adolph Coors Foundation | |
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The "Proximate Policy-Makers" | |
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Summary | |
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The Structure of Institutional Power | |
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Questions in Elite Research | |
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Hierarchy or Polyarchy? | |
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A Ruling Class or an Open Leadership System? | |
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Convergence or Specialization at the Top? | |
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"Interlockers" and "Specialists" | |
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Elite Recruitment: Getting to the Top | |
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The Education of Elites | |
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Women at the Top | |
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African Americans at the Top | |
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Social Clubs | |
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The Private Companies | |
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Koch Industries | |
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Bechtel Corporation | |
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The Trump Organization | |
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Class: A Touchy Subject | |
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Summary | |
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Institutional Elites in America | |
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Defining Institutional Power | |
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Hierarchy and Polyarchy among Institutional Elites | |
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Summary of Findings | |
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Concentration of Institutional Resources | |
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The Size of the Nation's Elite | |
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Interlocking versus Specialization | |
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Inheritors versus Climbers | |
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Separate Channels of Recruitment | |
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Globalizing Institutional Power | |
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Limits on Corporate Management | |
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Prestigious University Affiliations | |
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Cracks in the "Glass Ceiling" | |
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African Americans in Elite Positions | |
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Social Class | |
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Media Concentration | |
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Concentration of Individual Wealth | |
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The Central Role of the Policy-Planning Groups | |
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Competition among Elites | |
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An Oligarchic Model of National Policy-Making | |
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The Obama Effect | |
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Power: Insider and Outsider Views | |
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Who's Running America? | |
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Notes | |
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Index | |
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About the Author | |