Chapter 1 Has the Power Elite Become Diverse? Chapter 2 Jews in the Power Elite Chapter 3 Women in the Power Elite Chapter 4 Blacks in the Power Elite Chapter 5 Latinos in the Power Elite Chapter 6 Asian Americans in the Power Elite Chapter 7 Gay Men and Lesbians in the Power Elite Chapter 8 The Ironies of Diversity
Richard L. Zweigenhaft is Dana Professor of Psychology at Guilford College, where he chairs the social science division and directs the communications concentration. G. William Domhoff is a Research Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. They have coauthored four books together: Jews in the Protestant Establishment (1982), Blacks in the White Establishment: A Study of Race and Class in America (1991), Diversity in the Power Elite: Have Women and Minorities Reached the Top? (1998), and Blacks in the White Elite: Will the Progress Continue? (2003).
Zweigenhaft and Domhoff tell a profound sociological story about
how the American elite has managed to accommodate successfully to
growing societal diversity. Newcomers are allowed in, but they are
changed in the process of entering: hence, the contemporary elite
is no longer made up exclusively of white Christian men, but its
members still share perspectives and values that favor narrow class
interests regardless of where they came from. This powerful account
demonstrates how a system of inequality can adapt to the pressure
for social change. For today's diverse America, the old axiom,
"plus ça change," will need to be translated into many more
languages.
*Richard Alba, The University of Albany, SUNY*
In Diversity in the Power Elite Zweigenhaft and Domhoff provide a
clear, concise, and often ignored dimension in power analysis.
Applying a critical lens, the authors insightfully explore the
ironies of the American elite: it has struggled to preserve its
white male privilege, while begrudgingly allowing limited space for
elites from various racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual
orientations. This book provides the missing link to our
discussions regarding diversity in America.
*Rodney Coates, Miami University, Ohio*
[This work] is based on meticulous scholarship, crammed with facts,
and nonetheless is a good read.
*Book Review Digest, August 01 2008*
. . . entertaining and easy to read. Recommended.
*CHOICE*
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