The Cabinet and Big Business: A Study of Interlocks

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This study of business interlocks of United States Cabinet Secretaries from 1897 to 1973 reveals evidence which strongly supports Mills' (1956) contention that there is a high degree of interchange of personnel between the elites of the corporate and political institutions. These data on the Cabinet largely negate the argument by Keller (1963) that elites are increasingly specialized and autonomous, and cast serious doubt upon the findings of pluralist researchers who have attempted to prove that a divided elite exists in this country. The present analysis makes it apparent that elite businessmen are the rule rather than the exception in positions of leadership in the executive branch of government in the United States.

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