What did C. Wright Mills mean by the term "power elite"?

What will be an ideal response


the top business, political, and military leaders who made the major policy decisions and were a threat to the nation

Sociology

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John Kautsky's research on welfare states shows that socialist labor parties have been strongest in those societies

a. where small farmers and merchants made up most of the population b. in which the nobility or aristocracy remained politically powerful well into the twentieth century c. with very large populations of Catholics and Jews

Sociology

For lower-class white males, educational attainment is __________ related to occupation and income

a. strongly b. moderately c. slightly d. largely negatively

Sociology

Estate systems are based on achieved statuses, such as land ownership.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Sociology

From the Film Race the Power of an Illusion, Is the following statement true or false? "Physical Differences don't make race. What makes race are the laws and practices that affect life chances and opportunities based on those differences."

a. true b. false

Sociology