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Power Elite

The "Power Elite" is a theoretical construct in political sociology denoting a small, dominant group of individuals who hold disproportionate influence and decision-making authority across the interlocking institutions of government, military, and corporate economy, thereby distinguishing it from broader elites by its concentrated control over key structural levers of societal power.

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448

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203

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299

Bound to lead: the changing nature of American power

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 1.3K citations

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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, <i>by Paul Kennedy</i>

Harold James · Political Science Quarterly · 1988 · 1.2K citations

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Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power

Gaddis Smith, Joseph S. Nye · Foreign Affairs · 1990 · 1K citations

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The State Nobility: Elite Schools in the Field of Power

Emmanuelle Saada, Pierre Bourdıeu, Lauretta Clough · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1998 · 962 citations

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Power and Organizations

Stewart Clegg, David Courpasson, Nelson Phillips · 2006 · 927 citations · Full text

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Authors

448

  1. GW
    G. William Domhoff

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    5 publications · 331 citations

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  2. GM
    Gwen Moore

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    3 publications · 337 citations

    3

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  3. JS
    Joseph S. Nye

    Harvard University Press, United States

    3 publications · 1.3K citations

    3

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  4. FG
    Félix Gómez‐Gallego

    Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain

    3 publications · 121 citations

    3

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  5. AG
    Anton Grau Larsen

    Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

    3 publications · 157 citations

    3

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Institutions

203

  1. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    651 citations

  2. Copenhagen Business School

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    485 citations

  3. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    159 citations

  4. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    55 citations

  5. Loughborough University

    Loughborough, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    82 citations

  6. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    94 citations

  7. Universidad Europea de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    426 citations

  8. University at Albany, State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    317 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 17 publications · 3K citations

    16

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  2. Foreign Affairs

    10 publications · 2K citations

    10

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  3. Journal of American History

    9 publications · 528 citations

    9

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  4. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 8 publications · 805 citations

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  5. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    6 publications · 1.2K citations

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