[lbo-talk] Footnote: Power Elite/Ruling Class Re: A Major Division in the US Power Elite...

Chip Berlet c.berlet at publiceye.org
Mon Oct 2 08:27:29 PDT 2006


Hi,

The debates over the differences between the concept of "ruling class" and "power elites" fill bookshelves.

For many "classic" Marxists, the ruling class is seen as a unified meta-entity.

For analysts such as C. Wright Mills, G. William Domhoff, Holly Sklar, etc, the ruling class is seen as composed of factions of power elites in constantly-shifting coalitions.

I tend to favor the latter analysis. See Domhoff's new website:

http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/

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