4 Theories of Governing Elites

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Class View

(Karl Marx); the government is controlled by capitalist leaders

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Power Elite View

(C Wright Mills); Government controlled by few top leaders, most who are outside of government

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Bureaucratic View

(Max Weber); government power is in the hands of a small group of bureaucrats who translate law into policy; lower class responds to upper class

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Pluralist View

no single elite dominates politics because resources are too widely spread out