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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 names, has described them as they initiate policies in their offices, their homes, their clubs. They form a small, stable group at the top of the social structure. Their decision-making activities are not known to the public, but they are responsible for ...

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Hunter returns to Atlanta and reveals how the power structure of the 1950s has changed during the 1960s and 1970s. By combining scholarly analysis, personal reminiscences, observation, and social prescription, he provides a companion work that is as important as its predecessor. He compares the earlier circles of top leadership with the new men of power and examines substantive social change in power-structure relations, including the roles pl...

Here is a study of Salem, Massachusetts, as that community went about conducting a self-study to discover its needs and moved toward meeting some of them. The story of how a committee was appointed and what it finally accomplished makes a fascinating study of community organisation.

This book is based on a field study in which Hunter visited all cities of over a million population in the United States and many smaller cities interviewing the majority of a highly selected group of individuals regarded by their community peers as top national policymakers. The results is a book that lays bare the structure of national decisionmaking, showing how a distinct and recognisable group of men leads the American people.