# The Power Elite

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The Power Elite argues that leadership circles in major corporations, the military, and the federal state had become increasingly interconnected. Mills analyzed shared careers, institutions, and outlooks rather than proposing a single hidden conspiracy.

The book asks how concentrated organizational power narrows democratic accountability. Its thesis remains influential precisely because it turns attention from formal offices alone to the networks joining commanding institutions.

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