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>In 1956, sociologist C. Wright Mills published the classic book The Power Elite, which looked at how a narrow segment of the population with high positions in different institutions (legislators, corporations, the military) tended to make decisions for the population as a whole, with the consensus among these actors displacing authentic democracy. - [Current Affairs](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/02/who-are-the-power-elite)
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- Author
- C. Wright Mills
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Inc.
- Published
- 1956
- Language
- EN
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Sociology, Social_sciences
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (911 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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