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elite theories  

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  • Elite theories of power hold that power is primarily concentrated in hands of a few, or the elite. The first and perhaps the most famous proponent of an elite theory was noted American sociologist C. Wright Mills in The Power Elite (1956). [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Elite Theories]

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