Domhoff,G.W. Who Rules America? 1967
Domhoff, G.William. Who Rules America? Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall,
1967. 184 pages.
While most American sociologists spend their time writing about social
stratification and delinquent behavior, there are a handful of scholars
who deal seriously with upper-class social and economic power as a
phenomenon of contemporary American politics. University of California
at Santa Cruz professor G.William Domhoff is one of the more prominent.
"Who Rules America?" was Domhoff's first attempt to show that a
ruling class dominates American political life. The chapter titles include
"The American Upper Class," "The Control of the Corporate Economy," The
Shaping of the American Polity," "The Control of the Federal Government,"
"The Military, the CIA, and the FBI," "Control of State and Local
Governments," and "Is the American Upper Class a Governing Class?" One
method he uses to make his case is to cross Social Register listings with
those of elite foundations, lobby groups, big business, and government
policy-makers. This and "Higher Circles" are his two best books.
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