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Elite Theory
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Elite theory holds that a small, wealthy, powerful group controls government and shapes policy to its own benefit.
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C. Wright Mills's *The Power Elite* argued that business, military, and political elites govern together.
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Elite theory is a description offered by theorists, not a settled verdict on the United States.