Talk:Power elite

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Bias I think it is called for the comments made on the outcome of policy-making by the US Power Elite, I think Imperialistic is well-deserved.

--203.15.122.35 04:14, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Cleaned links and text merged. Improved presentation, however not enough academic sources cited.

--203.15.122.35 03:25, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Further clarification on Point of View is necessary to expedite editing of bias in the text. Suggestions welcome. Also more 'hard copy' book references on the Power Elite are required to be added, weblinks are only second best to academic papers, monographs and article.

--203.61.125.121 14:17, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Part of the problem is that this page is a montage of serious scholarly analysis of power elites (C. Wright Mills, G. William Domhoff, etx.) with right-wing conspiracy theories about elite planning groups.--Cberlet 6 July 2005 02:41 (UTC)

I'm inclined to agree with Cberlet. The approach taken in this version is contentious and many of the cited references and sources for further reading are either irrelevant or politically suspect. Most could be deleted. I think this entry needs a rewrite which links it to the main C. Wright Mills entry. The content needs to acknowledge the existing - pretty good - entries under elite, ruling class and meritocracy. I'll have a go at doing that re-write soon unless someone else beats me to it. Shropshire Lad 28 Aug 2005

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Although it only addresses the United States explicitly, I don't think any sociologist would say that Domhoff's general points aren't broad enough to be relevant. Domhoff's book _Who Rules America_ would be a good bibliographic reference: ISBN 0072876255 Rorybowman 18:37, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

Sorry for stepping on your toes, Dave Cohoe. This article needs a lotof work! ·:· Will Beback ·:· 23:38, 6 March 2008 (UTC)