First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United States, calling attention to three firmly interlocked prongs of power: the military, corporate, and political elite. The Power Elite can be read as a good account of what was taking place in America at the time it was written, but its underlying question of whether America is as democratic in practice as it is in theory continues to matter very much today. What The Power Elite informed readers of in 1956 was how much the organization of power in America had changed during their lifetimes, and Alan Wolfe's astute afterword to this new edition brings us up to date, illustrating how much more has changed since then. Wolfe sorts out what is helpful in Mills book and which of his predictions have not come to bear, laying out the radical changes in American capitalism, from intense global competition and the collapse of communism to rapid technological transformations and ever changing consumer tastes. The Power Elite has stimulated generations of readers to think about the kind of society they have and the kind of society they might want, and deserves to be read by every new generation.
The late C. Wright Mills, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, was a leading critic of modern American civilization. Alan Wolfe is University Professor and Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Boston University. He is the author or editor of more than ten books, including Marginalized in the Middle and One Nation, After All.
一个社会中的财富、声望、权力不可能均衡,也必然会有不同的阶层而导致的不平等,而信息和权力手段的集中又必然使一小部分人脱离普通人而成为社会上层,米尔斯的 《权力精英》对难以接近和看清楚的上层进行描述,揭示事实真相和不易被人所知的细节,并“使我们知道的或显而...
评分 评分在我们的心目中,美国由于是在一张白纸上规划的国家,制度设置的基础就是民主政治的充分实现、自由经济的竞争发展、公民权利的强力保障、政府权力的相互制衡,总之是人人羡慕不来的现代国家典范。但是,看了美国查尔斯.赖特.米尔斯的《权力精英》之后,才知道也许事实并非...
评分还没有读完,但这本书读起来让我感觉有些吃力,一方面作者的思路似乎有些混乱,想要扩充的东西有点多,虽然道理都懂,但思路理清楚真的很难。我读的是时代华文书局的版本,感觉翻译的质量有些差问题,很多时候一句话读完就感觉摸不着头脑,语法结构很乱。另外,麻烦不要那么忠...
评分工业与金融公司的权力集中并联结起来。摩根集团单独掌握了总计资本超过220亿美元的112个公司里的三百四十一个董事职位,。随着比其他州拥有更多的收入,和多的多的雇员,公司控制了政党买通了法律,并使国会议员保持“中立”状态,而且因为私人经济权力超越于公共政治权力之上...
American elite politics/democracy in the 1950s; politicians, military man and corporate executives; mass society and higher immorality; Classic
评分重点看了1 7 10 12 非常厉害了 但为什么最近读这几本书的中译版都很烂…
评分非常犀利。和Dahl的Who Governs放在一起看会更加有意思。对于当下体制的批判和对于实际民主制度运作过程的解释其实是相辅相成的两个传统,在美国的学术界里,我觉得这两个传统真正做到了相互切磋砥砺。
评分学校图书馆借的,也是只有1965的版本
评分文笔真好,第一页写"They (the elites) need not merely 'meet the demands of the day and hour'; in some part, they create these demands, and cause others to meet them."不禁笑了出来。
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