Exam 4: Party

From Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley by John Gaventa Gaventa sets forth a typology of power dimensions. Each of the three dimensions is associated with a discrete way in which power may be manifested, the powerless experience power, and how they react in terms of challenging the power of their superiors. -It is the third dimension of power that invokes ideologies or beliefs about inequalities.

From Diversity in the Power Elite by Richard Zweigenhaft and G. William Domhoff This article looks at the composition, causes, and meaning of the new racial/ethnic and gender diversity in the American elite in recent decades. The authors maintain that progress in access has been only partial and is largely illusory, and dynamics associated with recruitment and marginalized placement among the elite of minorities and women obscures the continuing reality of long-standing class inequities in American society. -What do the authors mean when saying diversity among the elite has reinforced the unchanging nature of long-standing class inequalities?

From Diversity in the Power Elite by Richard Zweigenhaft and G. William Domhoff This article looks at the composition, causes, and meaning of the new racial/ethnic and gender diversity in the American elite in recent decades. The authors maintain that progress in access has been only partial and is largely illusory, and dynamics associated with recruitment and marginalized placement among the elite of minorities and women obscures the continuing reality of long-standing class inequities in American society. -How has education operated to increase diversity among the elite?

From Diversity in the Power Elite by Richard Zweigenhaft and G. William Domhoff This article looks at the composition, causes, and meaning of the new racial/ethnic and gender diversity in the American elite in recent decades. The authors maintain that progress in access has been only partial and is largely illusory, and dynamics associated with recruitment and marginalized placement among the elite of minorities and women obscures the continuing reality of long-standing class inequities in American society. -Are the authors positive about affirmative action programs? Explain.

From Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley by John Gaventa Gaventa sets forth a typology of power dimensions. Each of the three dimensions is associated with a discrete way in which power may be manifested, the powerless experience power, and how they react in terms of challenging the power of their superiors. -Rebellion takes the form of mobilization along which dimension of power?

From "The Structure of Power in American Society" by C. Wright Mills In Mills' class essay, he discusses the increasing centralization of power among individuals within three spheres of American society: politics, military, and economics. This anti-democratic trend places the masses in a passive position so they are reactive rather than active in playing a meaningful role in dictating direction/ policy. -Discuss how the three elements of the "triangle of power" are interrelated, according to Mills.

From Who's Running America? The Bush Restoration by Thomas R. Dye Dye's excerpt is an empirical assessment of the kinds of individuals who assume administrative, legislative, and judicial power as these branches have increased in size and influence in recent decades. His findings are decisive: those with privileged backgrounds have not only increasingly assumed these important roles but their wealth--and not individual personal characteristics--have paved the way for them to assume these important positions. -Would you say that Dye's approach to analyzing how politicians come to assume political office is consistent with a "conflict" or a "functionalist" approach to stratification?

From Who's Running America? The Bush Restoration by Thomas R. Dye Dye's excerpt is an empirical assessment of the kinds of individuals who assume administrative, legislative, and judicial power as these branches have increased in size and influence in recent decades. His findings are decisive: those with privileged backgrounds have not only increasingly assumed these important roles but their wealth--and not individual personal characteristics--have paved the way for them to assume these important positions. -According to Dye, the politically-based consequence of the increasing size and scope of government is: