In 1972 Dye's graduate students at Florida State University began
collecting data on some 5,000 elite positions, which by this third edition
had expanded to 7,000. His technique, which depends on a definition of
"elite" as a person with institutional affiliations, is to study these
positions at the upper end of the corporate sector (industrial, utilities,
banks, insurance, investments), the public interest sector (media, education,
foundations, law, civic and cultural organizations), and the governmental
sector (legislative, executive, judicial, military). The persons occupying
these positions are noted, and the fact that they frequently hold several
of these positions simultaneously is further evidence of a concentration of
power at the top. In the course of making his argument, Dye names certain
individuals and lists their affiliations.
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