Providing benefits to businesses so they can hire more people and everyone will benefit

Elithe assumption that power is concentrated in a few rather than dispersed

Pluralist view of power - the diffuse distribution of power among various groups and interests

The form of government where the people have ultimate power

The economic and social constraints on the decision makers in an organization, which promote the status quo

The ability to get what one wants from someone else despite their objection to one doing so

Mill's term for the coalition of the top echelon of the military, the executive branch of the federal government, and business

Domhoff's model of power that posits that the very wealthy in society contribute a disproportionate number of people to the controlling institutions and key decision-making groups

Organization that represents specific interest groups

Ruling class rules by controlling political officials and institutions through money and influence

Ruling class gets its way because in a capitalist society it is imperative that the state serve the interests of business