Diversity in the Power Elite: How it Happened, why it MattersRowman & Littlefield, 2006 - 267 pages This book looks systematically at the extent to which Jews, women, African Americans, Latinos, Asians and gay men and lesbians have entered the higher circles of power that constituted what sociologist C. Wright Mills called 'the power elite.' Using a deft combination of academic research and telling anecdotes, the book examines the backgrounds and careers of such well-known members of the power elite as attorney general Alberto Gonzales, secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state Colin Powell, and former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina to explain why and how the power elite has diversified and the effect this diversification has had on the way power works in the United States. |
Contents
Has the Power Elite Become Diverse? | |
Jews in the Power Elite | 9 |
Women in the Power Elite | 43 |
Blacks in the Power Elite | 85 |
Latinos in the Power Elite | 137 |
Asian Americans in the Power Elite | 167 |
Gay Men and Lesbians in the Power Elite | 197 |
The Ironies of Diversity | 223 |
Index | 247 |
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