Who's Running America The Bush Restoration

Who's Running America'has not been supported by any grant or contract from any institution, public or private. It grew out of a graduate seminar "Research on Power and Elites" at Florida State University. Initially, biographical data for over 5,000 members of various institutional elites were collected and coded by students. These computerized biographies constituted the original database for the continuing projectWho's Running America?The database has been revised periodically, and data on over 7,000 institutional elites have been collected and coded. Two articles based on this data from the early 1970s were published in social science journals: Thomas R. Dye, Eugene R. DeGlercq, and John W. Pickering, "Concentration, Specialization and Interlocking among Institutional Elites,"Social Science Quarterly(June 1973), pp. 8-28. Thomas R. Dye and John W. Pickering, "Governmental and Corporate Elites: Convergence and Specialization,"Journal of Politics(November 1974), pp. 900-25. We are indebted to a number of commentators who wrote to us before and after publication of these articles, including scholars G. William Domhoff, Suzanne Keller, John Walton, Robert Lineberry, Harmon Zeigler, and Charles Bonjean. The First Edition of this book was published in 1976 and described national leadership in the Nixon-Ford years. The First Edition was subtitledInstitutional Leadership in the United States. The Second Edition of this volume,The Carter Years,reflected changes in national leadership which occurred with the election of Jimmy Carter to the presidency and the advent of a new Democratic administration. The Third Edition of this book,The Reagan Years,involved the collection of an entire new database for national leaders in 1980-81. Special topics were addressed in several articles in professional journals, including: Thomas R. Dye, "Oligarchic Tendencies in National Policy-Making: The Role of the Private Policy-Planning Organization,"Journal of Politics,40 (May 1978), 309-31. Thomas R. Dye and Julie Strickland, "Women at the Top,"Social Science Quarterly,63 (March 1982). The Fourth Edition,The Conservative Years,discussed changes in national leadership during the 1980s. Additional research on corporate ownership was examined in professional journals: Thomas R. Dye, "Who Owns America?"Social Science Quarterly,64 (December 1983), 862-70. Thomas R. Dye, "Strategic Ownership Positions in U.S. Industry and Banking,"American Journal of Economics and Sociology,44 (January 1985), 9-22. The Fifth Edition,The Bush Era,updated both corporate and governmental leadership to 1990. Additional detailed analysis of institutional power was published in: Thomas R. Dye, "Organizing Power for Policy Planning," inPower Elites and Organizations,eds. G. William Domhoff and Thomas R. Dye (Beverly Hills: Sage, 1987). The Sixth Edition,The Clinton Years,chronicled changes in leadership in Washington accompanying the arrival of the first Democratic administration in twelve years. We observed that the "Friends of Bill and Hillary" differed from previous administrations in their lack of experience outside of government. Almost all top Clinton officials were lawyers, lobbyists, politicians, and bureaucrats; very few had any background in business, banking, the media, or the military. An article developed in conjunction with the Sixth Edition appeared as: Thomas R. Dye, "The Friends of Bill and Hillary"P. S. Political Science and Politics,26 (December, 1993), 693-95. The Seventh Edition,The Bush Restoration,describes the return of "The Bush Dynasty" to power. It also adds a new chapter on "The Money Elite" that describes the power of the banking and financial community as well as the FederDye, Thomas R. is the author of 'Who's Running America The Bush Restoration', published 2002 under ISBN 9780130974624 and ISBN 0130974625.