American elites /

This detailed and fascinating portrait of America's elite leaders is based on interviews with more than 1800 members of ten strategic leadership groups - including federal judges, business executives, religious leaders, high-level bureaucrats, military leaders, labor union chiefs, lawyers, lead...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lerner, Robert, 1953-2010
Otros Autores: Nagai, Althea K., 1954-, Rothman, Stanley, 1927-2011
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1996]
Temas:
1980-2020
Elite (Social sciences) > United States.
Social surveys > United States.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > États-Unis.
Enquêtes sociales > États-Unis.
HISTORY > General.
Elite (Social sciences)
Social conditions
Social surveys
Elite
Elites.
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1980-
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Few Versus the Many: Competing Views Regarding the Structure of Power
  • 2. Room at the Top: Issues of Social Class, Education, and Access to Power
  • 3. The Structure of Ideology
  • 4. Four Dimensions of Ideology and Their Impact
  • 5. The Components of Collectivist Liberalism
  • 6. Expressive Individualism, Religion, and the Family
  • 7. Components of the Adversary Culture
  • 8. Personality, Family, and Ideology
  • 9. Conclusion: Divided Elites, American Society, and Social Change
  • Appendix. The Interview Sample and Questionnaire.

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