The Power Elite

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 448 pages, 2 tables

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Imprint:Oxford University Press Inc

ISBN:9780195133547

Published:16 Dec 1999

Classifications:Interdisciplinary studies, Social discrimination & inequality

Readership:General (US: Trade)

Weight:330g

Dimensions:156 x 204 x 22 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

《权力精英》于1956年首次出版，是一部权力批判的经典著作。

在1950年代，当时的社会学家普遍认为，美国已经各方权力平衡，并不存在权力过分集中的问题时，米尔斯却指出，在政治、经济和军事这三个不断壮大和集权的领域内部，形成了由经济、政治和军事精英组成的上流阶层。他们是活跃在经济领域金字塔塔尖的富商，是位于政治领域权力金字塔顶端的政治委员，是参与参谋长联席会议的军事精英。三大领域的佼佼者——军队将领、企业领袖和政府高官往往团结在一起，形成了美国的权力精英，掌握着制定重大决策的权力。米尔斯犀利地揭示出围绕政治、经济、军事三大领域形成的“权力三角形”，批判了社会权力的集中，深刻地质疑了美国实际上是否具有其理论上的民主。

《权力精英》对环环相扣的权力结构鞭辟入里的分析，对于今时今地的人们理解当代社会仍具有很高的借鉴意义。它激励了一代又一代的读者去思考他们所处的社会，他们理想中的社会，这本书值得每一代人去阅读。

First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United States, calling attention to three firmly interlocked prongs of power: the military, corporate, and political elite. The Power Elite can be read as a good account of what was taking place in America at the time it was written, but its underlying question of whether America is as democratic in practice as it is in theory continues to matter very much today.

What The Power Elite informed readers of in 1956 was how much the organization of power in America had changed during their lifetimes, and Alan Wolfe's astute afterword to this new edition brings us up to date, illustrating how much more has changed since then. Wolfe sorts out what is helpful in Mills' book and which of his predictions have not come to bear, laying out the radical changes in American capitalism, from intense global competition and the collapse of communism to rapid technological transformations and ever changing consumer tastes. The Power Elite has stimulated generations of readers to think about the kind of society they have and the kind of society they might want, and deserves to be read by every new generation.

作者简介

C.赖特·米尔斯（1916—1962），著名社会学家，美国具有重要影响力的知识分子之一。得克萨斯州大学社会学学士、硕士，威斯康星大学社会学博士，1946年成为哥伦比亚大学社会学的助理教授。著有《社会学的想象力》《权力精英》《白领：美国的中产阶级》等作品。米尔斯思想激进，他的作品被翻译成23种语言，受到世界性的广泛赞誉。米尔斯病逝时年仅46岁，他死后被誉为“当代美国文明最重要的批评家之一”。为奖励卓越的社会科学研究者，社会问题研究协会设立了“赖特·米尔斯奖”，表彰米尔斯为社会科学做出的杰出贡献。

The late C. Wright Mills, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, was a leading critic of modern American civilization. Alan Wolfe is University Professor and Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Boston University. He is the author or editor of more than ten books, including Marginalized in the Middle and One Nation, After All.