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Theories of Power

Theories of Power. AP GoPo. Elite & Power Elite. Elitist Theory : Persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource (money, prestige, expertise) Class view: Emphasis the power of rich leaders of corporations Karl Marx  People with economic control hold the power

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Theories of Power

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  1. Theories of Power AP GoPo

  2. Elite & Power Elite • Elitist Theory: Persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource (money, prestige, expertise) • Class view: Emphasis the power of rich leaders of corporations • Karl Marx People with economic control hold the power • Max Weber Bureaucracy (developed in industrialized society) runs like a machine out of the public view • Power Elite Theory: American democracy is dominated by a few top leaders, many of them wealthy or privately powerful, who do not hold elected office • C. Wright Mills People with economic/political control, military leaders hold the power • It’s a relatively small group of people & they all know each other

  3. Pluralist • Pluralist Theory: Idea that political resources (money, prestige, expertise, access to mass media) have become so widely distributed that no single elite, no social class, no bureaucratic arrangement, can control them • Argued that there are so many governmental institutions on the US that no single group can dominate them or the political process

  4. Hyper-Pluralist • Hyper-Pluralist Theory: Idea that so many different groups of people hold power that no one’s really in charge. • Means that there’s no chance for real legislation to happen

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