C. Wright Mills, power and the power elites – a reappraisal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12892425 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward Barratt (0000-0002-4002-9911, Newcastle University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 92-106 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Management & Organizational History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9359 • E-ISSN: 1744-9367 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449359.2013.853619 |
| OpenAlex | W2082254878 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 38 |
This paper revisits and presents a critical appraisal of Mills's analysis of power and the power elite. There are signs of a revival of interest in Mills, but recent commentators have shown little interest in the intellectual, social or political context of his analysis. Setting Mills's thesis in its historical context, we consider an element of his project that has been particularly neglected in recent discussion: Mills's search for possible ways of redistributing power and his attempt to forge an ethico-political stance. Reflecting on recent discussion of contemporary elite formations, we comment on what critics might take from Mills in our own time in relation to the analysis of elites and the politics of critical management studies
Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Economics · Elite · Epistemology · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Power (physics · Relation (database · Sociology · Wright · Critical Realism in Sociology · History · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Management Theory and Practice · Philosophy
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The American Evasion of Philosophy
The Power Elite.
The Wizards of Oz
Re-Reading C. Wright Mills
The private military industry and neoliberal imperialism
White Collar
The Sage Handbook of Power
Radical Ambition
The UAW and the Heyday of American Liberalism, 1945–1968
Power and Organizations
Weber
War, Economy and Society, 1939–1945
Critical challenges in the emerging global managerial order
Management and organizational history
Governing public servants
Leadership as an elite field
The Sociological Imagination
C. Wright Mills
Open Letter to C. Wright Mills
The later Foucault in organization and management studies
Power Elite or Ruling Class
The Return of Popular Social Science
The Distribution of Power in American Society
Responsiveness and Neutral Competence in American Bureaucracy
Critical performativity
Language, Logic, and Culture
Mills's The Power Elite 50 Years Later
A Critique of the Ruling Elite Model
Presidential Address On The Sociological Imagination Revisited
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |