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Interlocking Corporate Directorates: The making of a de facto ruling class?

Interlocking Corporate Directorates: The making of a de facto ruling class?. Dr Christopher Kollmeyer. 23 April 2007 SO4530. Who Rules America? by G. William Domhoff. According to Domhoff, a social network derived from these overlapping groups constituents a de facto ruling class in the US.

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Interlocking Corporate Directorates: The making of a de facto ruling class?

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  1. Interlocking Corporate Directorates: The making of a de facto ruling class? Dr Christopher Kollmeyer 23 April 2007 SO4530

  2. Who Rules America? by G. William Domhoff According to Domhoff, a social network derived from these overlapping groups constituents a de facto ruling class in the US.

  3. Corporate Governance Board of Directors Share- holders CEO Top Mngt Top Mngt Top Mngt Top Mngt Top Mngt Top Mngt

  4. Social Network Model Elite Social Clubs Networks of Foundations and Think Tanks Interlocking Corporate Directorates • Class-for-itself: Social Cohesions, Shared Cultural Capital, Political Consensus • Massive Resources: Social capital, wealth, control over corps and government. • End result: Power elite more or less get their way in political affairs.

  5. What Are Interlocking Directorates?

  6. Interlocking Directorates Create Social Capital : Strong and Weak Ties?

  7. Citibank and Its Interlocks

  8. Let’s Look at Some More Interlinks Walt Disney Corp. http://www.theyrule.net/2004/index.php?mapid=939 Competition or Community? http://www.theyrule.net/2004/index.php?mapid=1667 US Foreign Policy: Council for Foreign Relations http://www.theyrule.net/2004/index.php?mapid=135

  9. Corporate Interlocks and Government Advisor Boards: the Dept. of Energy’sCouncil on Sustainable Development

  10. Elite Social Clubs: San Francisco’s Bohemian Club Corps with 3 or More Directors Belonging to the Bohemian Club in 1991 Downtown SF Clubhouse

  11. Policy-Formation Networks Source: Val Burris. 1992. “Elite Policy Planning Networks.” Research in Politics and Society

  12. Source: Val Burris. 1992.

  13. Websites of Potential Interest They Rule http://www.theyrule.net/ Who Rules America? (Professor Domhoff) http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/index.html Internet Guide to Power Structure Research(Professor Burris) http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~vburris/whorules/index.htm

  14. Flow of Policy from Power Elite to Government Corporate Leaders / Social Upper Class $ and oversight $ and Oversight Foundations Think Tank $ Discussion Groups and Advisory Boards Reports Reports $ Ideas Policy Reports Government

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