The power elite and the state
Subtitle: how policy is made in America
By: G. William Domhoff.
Series: Social institutions and social change
Publisher: A. de Gruyter
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Elite (Social sciences) -- United States; Power (Social sciences); United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-308) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: xi; title: Introduction
pagenum: xii; label: 1
title: Social Networks, Power, and the State
pagenum: 1; title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; title: Liberalism, Marxism, and State Theory
pagenum: 6; title: States and Social Classes
pagenum: 9; label: 2
title: Does it Matter who Governs?
pagenum: 17; title: Indicators of Power
pagenum: 17; title: Uncertainty in Organizations
pagenum: 20; title: The Cohesion of Class Segments
pagenum: 22; title: States and Social Democrats
pagenum: 25; title: The Need for State Unity
pagenum: 26; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 28; label: 3
title: Business Leaders, Experts, and the Social Security Act
pagenum: 29; title: Introduction
pagenum: 29; title: Corporate Liberalism and Mills
pagenum: 32; title: The Distortion of Corporate-Liberal Theory
pagenum: 40; title: The Social Security Act of 1935
pagenum: 44; label: 4
title: The Wagner Act and Class Conflict, 1897-1948
pagenum: 65; title: The Origins and Tribulations of Collective Bargaining
pagenum: 71; title: Labor Policy in the Early New Deal
pagenum: 79; title: Who Wrote the Wagner Act?
pagenum: 91; title: Why Did It Pass?
pagenum: 96; title: Implications and Conclusions
pagenum: 104; label: 5
title: Defining the National Interest, 1940-1942: A Critique of Krasner's Theory of American State Autonomy
pagenum: 107; title: Introduction
pagenum: 107; title: Krasner's Theory and Findings
pagenum: 108; title: The Council on Foreign Relations and the National Interest
pagenum: 113; title: Discussion
pagenum: 144; label: 6
title: The Ruling Class Does Rule: The State Autonomy Theory of Fred Block, and the Origins of the International Monetary FUnd
pagenum: 153; title: Introduction
pagenum: 153; title: Block's Theory
pagenum: 155; title: The Who, Why, and How of the IMF
pagenum: 159; title: Discussion and Conclusion
pagenum: 181; label: 7
title: State Autonomy and the Employment Act of 1946: An Empirical Attack on a Theoretical Fantasy
pagenum: 187; title: Introduction
pagenum: 187; title: Conflict over the Employment Bill
pagenum: 196; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 201; label: 8
title: Class Segments and Trade Policy, 1917-1962: A Challenge to Pluralists and Structural Marxists
pagenum: 205; title: The Pluralists
pagenum: 206; title: The Structural Marxist
pagenum: 208; title: Trade Policy in the Interwar Years
pagenum: 209; title: Postwar Trade Policies
pagenum: 210; title: The Trade Expansion Act
pagenum: 217; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 222; label: 9
title: Which Fat Cats Support Democrats?
pagenum: 225; title: Right Turn and the Decline of the Democrats
pagenum: 226; title: Politics and Policies
pagenum: 229; title: Fat Cats and Democrats
pagenum: 232; title: The South and the Growth Machines
pagenum: 235; title: Jews and Democrats
pagenum: 245; label: 10
title: The Decline of Disruption and the Return to Conservatism
pagenum: 257; title: Disruption and Power
pagenum: 260; title: Was Business Disorganized?
pagenum: 264; title: The Rise of Capital-Labor Conflict
pagenum: 276; title: ENVOI
pagenum: 283; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY
pagenum: 287; title: INDEX
pagenum: 309