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SSC Sociology QUESTION #1668
Question 1
C. Wright Mills argued in his 1956 work that democratic governance in the United States was effectively superseded by the coordinated dominance of a small, interconnected elite drawn from corporate, military, and political institutions. The concept he developed to describe this concentration of power is:
  • The Iron Law of Oligarchy
  • The Power Elite✔️
  • The Ruling Class
  • The Military-Industrial Complex
Correct Answer Explanation
In 'The Power Elite' (1956), C. Wright Mills argued that real power in the United States is held by a small group of men who occupy the command posts of the major institutional hierarchies — large corporations, the military, and the executive branch of government — whose interests are intertwined and who make the most consequential decisions affecting society.