Community Power Structure: A Study of Decision Makers

by Floyd Hunter

Book Overview

In this study of busy, complex Regional City -- and it is a real city -- the author has analyzed the power structure from top to bottom. He has searched out the men of power and, under fictitious... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0007DUZEG
• Release Date: January 1963
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent overview that is still relavent today

This text provides a clear overview of the power structures within local community systems, then expands the concept to a more regional view. Hunter's work fits well with C. Wright Mill's studies, and should be considered and studied alongside Mills. Some of the topics investigated: community power and the individual; types of power in a local setting; private aspects of power; location within a community; loci of control in elites.