C. Wright Mills, power structure research, and the failures of mainstream political science

New Political Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-114

  William Domhoff, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85065374915     PISSN: 07393148     EISSN: 14699931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07393140601170867     Document Type: Note

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