Exam 14: Power and Politics

The best illustration of how business benefits from government policies is ________.

The central focus of the Franklin Roosevelt administration was toward ________ rather than ________.

The government most often opts for the trickle-down solution because this is the most effective way of providing benefits for the poor.

According to Domhoff, it is Congress that exercises control over government agencies by almost total staffing of important government appointments including cabinet members, members of regulatory agencies, judges, diplomats, and presidential advisors.

In the view of C. Wright Mills, the power elite are a cohesive unit. What factors are responsible for this unity?

Identify which of the following is not one of the three subsectors C. Wright Mills cited that regularly interact to form the power elite in the United States.

The government remained ________ but only in relation to the common people, giving little attention to poverty, unemployment, unsafe working conditions, child labor, and the spoiling of natural resources.

In Domhoff's view, Congress is under the influence of the dominant class but not the formal control of it; however, it is effectively blocked by two of the three divisions of government.

What two factors are responsible for the recent emergence of the power elite?

Critics argue that Mills' model of power is invalid because the various members of the power elite do not always agree and conflict frequently occurs among them.

The domination of the economy by fewer than 200 giant corporations is a result of centralization of power in U.S. society.

________ argues that the dominant class directly controls the executive branch of the government, including the councils for domestic and foreign affairs, the National Security Council, etc.

Marx believed that ________ was the basis for the stratification system and that the economic elite exerts tremendous influence on government policies and action and is, therefore, a ruling class.

Due to the emergence of the power elite, the economy has replaced the family as a dominant institution.

Contrast the elitist model of power with the pluralist model of power.

According to Domhoff, the ________ controls almost total staffing of government appointments, including cabinet members, members of regulatory agencies, judges, diplomats, and presidential advisors.

Money presents a fundamental obstacle to democracy because only the interests of the wealthy tend to be served.

There is no evidence, says Parenti, that the power elite is________.

In (the) ________ view, the ruling class rules by controlling political officials and institutions through money and influence. It does so either directly through the manipulation of state policies or indirectly through the exercise of pressure on the state.

According to G. William Domhoff, ________ compose the real power elite.