دانلود کتاب Who's Running America?: The Obama Reign

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Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Chapter 1 Elitism in a Democracy
The Inevitability of Elites
The Institutional Basis of Power
Power as Decision-Making:The Pluralist View
Identifying Positions of Power
Dimensions of America’s Elite
Some Questions for Research
Chapter 2 The Corporate Directors
The Concentration of Corporate Power
The Globalization of Economic Power
Institutionalizing the Global Economy
Who Controls Corporate America?
Inside the Boardrooms
The Managers: Climbing the Corporate Ladder
The Inheritors: Starting at the Top
The Ford Family
The Walton Family
Paychecks of the Corporate Chiefs
Corporate Counterrevolutions
Hostile Takeovers
The Limits of Corporate Power
Summary
Chapter 3 The Money Elite
The Concentration of Financial Resources
The Banking Boardrooms
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
The Wall Street Bailout
The Treasury’s TARP
GM Bankruptcy
Fed Responses
The Economic Stimulus Package
Financial Regulation
The Federal Reserve Board
Controlling the Money Supply
Ben Bernanke: Managing the Nation’s Money
The Securities and Exchange Commission
The Superrich
Changing Sources of Wealth
Warren Buffett: Radical Investor
Summary
Chapter 4 The Media Moguls
Agenda Setting: Deciding What Will Be Decided
The Concentration of Media Power
Rupert Murdoch: Founder of FOX
Ted Turner: Maverick Media Mogul
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.: The New York Times
The Graham Family: The Washington Post
Bad News and Good Profits
Liberal Bias in the News
Wolf Blitzer: TV Anchor
The Internet: Expanding Communication
Arianna Huffington: Internet Influence
Prime Time: Socializing the Masses
Summary
Chapter 5 The Governing Circles
The Concentration of Governmental Power
The Politicians: Ambition and Office Seeking
Barack Obama: A Call for Change
Early Life
Education
Audacity of Hope
Early Political Career
Presidential Campaign
The Obama Reign
Campaigner-in-Chief
Policy Initiatives
The Individual Mandate
Failed Initiatives
Iraq, Afghanistan, and Osama bin Laden
Reelection
Back to Work
Executive Decision-Makers:The Serious People
Executive Leadership Profile
Hillary Clinton: Leading the Way for Women
John Kerry: Wealth and Power
Valerie Jarrett: In the Innermost Circle
The Congressional Establishment
Paul Ryan: Young Gun in the House
John Boehner: Leading House Republicans
Nancy Pelosi: Leading House Democrats
The Judges
Clarence Thomas: Up from Pinpoint
Sonia Sotomayor: A Latina on the Court
The Military Establishment
Colin Powell: Soldier-Statesman
Summary
Chapter 6 The Civic Establishment
Fat Cats: Financing Politics
The “Superlawyers”
Paul Clement: Arguing before the High Court
The “Fixers”: Peddling Power for Profit
The Foundations
Bill Gates: Global Philanthropist
The Billion-Dollar Universities
The Cultural Institutions
Summary
Chapter 7 How Institutional Elites Make Public Policy
Policy as Elite Preference
An Oligarchic Model of National Policy-Making
The Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission
The Council on Foreign Relations
The Trilateral Commission
The Business Roundtable
The Brookings Institution
Competition among Elites
The American Enterprise Institute
The Heritage Foundation
The Center for American Progress
The Liberal Establishment
Establishment Challenges: The Wall Street Journal and FOX News
Dueling Foundations
George Soros: Funding the Far Left
The “Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy”
Scaife Family Foundations
Bradley Foundation
Koch Family Foundations
Adolph Coors Foundation
The “Proximate Policy-Makers”
Summary
Chapter 8 The Structure of Institutional Power
Questions in Elite Research
Hierarchy or Polyarchy?
A Ruling Class or an Open Leadership System?
Convergence or Specialization at the Top?
“Interlockers” and “Specialists”
Elite Recruitment: Getting to the Top
The Education of Elites
Women at the Top
African Americans at the Top
Social Clubs
The Private Companies
Koch Industries
Bechtel Corporation
The Trump Organization
Class: A Touchy Subject
Summary
Chapter 9 Institutional Elites in America
Defining Institutional Power
Hierarchy and Polyarchy among Institutional Elites
Summary of Findings
Concentration of Institutional Resources
The Size of the Nation’s Elite
Interlocking versus Specialization
Inheritors versus Climbers
Separate Channels of Recruitment
Globalizing Institutional Power
Limits on Corporate Management
Prestigious University Affiliations
Cracks in the “Glass Ceiling”
African Americans in Elite Positions
Social Class
Media Concentration
Concentration of Individual Wealth
The Central Role of the Policy-Planning Groups
Competition among Elites
An Oligarchic Model of National Policy-Making
The Obama Effect
Power: Insider and Outsider Views
Who’s Running America?
Notes
Index
About the Author