Elitism And Institutional Powers
Elitism and Institutional Power
Wealth and Power in America
Elitism and Institutional Power
Most scholars would acknowledge that all societies are governed by elites in some form or another. Political scientists Harold Laswell and Daniel Lerner elaborate further by stating, "The discovery that in all large scale societies the decisions at any given time are typically in the hands of small number of people confirms a basic fact: Government is always government by the few, whether in the name of the few, the one, or the many" (cited in Dye, 2002).
Author Thomas Dye, in his book "Who's Running America? The Bush Restoration," addresses several key sectors of power in which elitists exercise control over the many. These include banking, investments, insurance, law, media, government, and more (p.11). As part of the oligarchy process, great power is concentrated into the hands of a few people occupying key positions in the aforementioned sectors.
Government, being an......
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