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The 8 pages that link to C. Wright Mills, each with the reason it gives.

• Conflict theoryRelated: Mills connected concentrated institutional power to the organization of American society.

• New LeftRelated: His 1960 letter popularized the phrase “New Left” in the United States.

• Talcott ParsonsRelated: Mills attacked Parsons’s theoretical style for detaching social analysis from concrete historical problems.

• Elite theoryRelated: His account of the power elite brought the theory into modern American sociology.

• Rural sociologyRelated: His rural studies addressed community change, social class, and the consequences of modernization.

• Power eliteRelated: His account gave the power elite its best-known modern formulation.

• Ruling classRelated: Mills identified overlapping institutional leaders as a modern power elite.

• Ralf DahrendorfRelated: Mills offers a distinct account of power and conflict in modern societies.