The Power Elite
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The Power Elite is a seminal sociological book by C. Wright Mills that analyzes how a small group of political, corporate, and military leaders dominate power and decision-making in the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Power Elite canonical | 7 |
| power elite | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Power Elite Context triple: [C. Wright Mills, notableWork, The Power Elite]
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A.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
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B.
The Authoritarian State
The Authoritarian State is a seminal essay by critical theorist Max Horkheimer that analyzes the rise of modern authoritarianism and its roots in capitalist society and liberal democracy.
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C.
Pathologies of Power
Pathologies of Power is a book by physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer that examines how social and economic inequalities drive human suffering and health disparities around the world.
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D.
The Public and Its Problems
The Public and Its Problems is a 1927 philosophical work by John Dewey that analyzes democracy, the nature of the public, and the role of communication and institutions in addressing social issues.
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E.
The Lessons of Power
The Lessons of Power is a political memoir by former French president François Hollande reflecting on his years in office and the exercise of presidential authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Power Elite Target entity description: The Power Elite is a seminal sociological book by C. Wright Mills that analyzes how a small group of political, corporate, and military leaders dominate power and decision-making in the United States.
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A.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
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B.
The Authoritarian State
The Authoritarian State is a seminal essay by critical theorist Max Horkheimer that analyzes the rise of modern authoritarianism and its roots in capitalist society and liberal democracy.
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C.
Pathologies of Power
Pathologies of Power is a book by physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer that examines how social and economic inequalities drive human suffering and health disparities around the world.
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D.
The Public and Its Problems
The Public and Its Problems is a 1927 philosophical work by John Dewey that analyzes democracy, the nature of the public, and the role of communication and institutions in addressing social issues.
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E.
The Lessons of Power
The Lessons of Power is a political memoir by former French president François Hollande reflecting on his years in office and the exercise of presidential authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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sociology book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
political science
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sociology ⓘ |
| author | C. Wright Mills ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
power elite
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linked to:
The Power Elite
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| critiques | pluralist theories of power ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
interlocking directorates of power
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relations between political, economic, and military institutions ⓘ |
| format | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
political sociology
ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of corporate executives
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analysis of political leaders ⓘ analysis of the military establishment ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | critical of concentration of power ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
classic study of American power structure
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seminal work in sociology ⓘ |
| influenced |
critical sociology
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elite theory ⓘ political science debates on power structure ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
popularizing the term "power elite"
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systematic study of institutional power in the United States ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
military–industrial complex
ⓘ
ruling class theory ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Sociological Imagination
ⓘ
White Collar ⓘ |
| setting | post–World War II America ⓘ |
| subject |
American democracy
ⓘ
corporate power in the United States ⓘ elites ⓘ institutional analysis ⓘ military power in the United States ⓘ political power in the United States ⓘ power structure ⓘ ruling class ⓘ |
| thesis | a small group of political, corporate, and military leaders dominate key decisions in the United States ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed | mid-20th-century United States ⓘ |
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linked to: The Power Elite