Heather Gautney (Associate Profes Associate Professor of Sociology

The New Power Elite

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Produktbeschreibung

A contemporary companion to C. Wright Mills' landmark work The Power Elite, Heather Gautney provides a fresh critique of elites for the new millennium and an updated, comprehensive look at the structure of American power and its tethers around the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 167mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 638g
• ISBN-13: 9780190637446
• ISBN-10: 0190637447
• Artikelnr.: 63978107

Autorenporträt

Heather Gautney is Associate Professor of Sociology at Fordham University. She has written and edited books, opinion essays, and academic articles on US politics, social movements, social inequality, and workforce issues in the entertainment industry. Gautney was a senior policy advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders on his presidential campaign and in the US Senate Budget Committee. In 2020, she served on the Democratic Party's platform drafting committee and was co-chair of the Biden-Sanders Task Force on Education.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Power Elite
Chapter 1: The State, Part I
Chapter 2: The State, Part II
Chapter 3: The Military
Chapter 4: Wall Street
Chapter 5: Billionaires
Chapter 6: Celebrity
Chapter 7: Publics
Conclusion
Notes
Index