Attack the System: Who Are the Power Elite?

by Keith Preston • Attack the System radio

Keith Preston dissects the American ruling class.

Topics include:

• The difference between power elite analysis and conspiracy theories.
• Power elite analysis versus theories of democratic pluralism.
• Classical elite theory as developed during the interwar period of the 1920s.
• C. Wright Mills as the godfather of power elite theory.
• James Burnham and the managerial revolution.
• William Domhoff and the role of ideological institutions.
• Robert Putnam and the role of technological elites.
• Thomas Dye and the development of consensus among elites.
• How the power elite uses demographic, cultural, and class conflict to protect its own position of dominance.

File type: MP3
Length: 1:14:02
Bitrate: 32kb/s CBR

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