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Invisible Class Empire
The Invisible Class Empire is a term introduced by Robert Perrucci and Earl Wysong in their book titled, ''The New Class Society: Goodbye American Dream?'' The term refers to members of the ''superclass'' that are involved in shaping both political and corporate policies. This class of people may be thought of as an empire because members maintain an influence on society through access to a surplus of financial, cultural, human and social capital. These various forms of capital translate into the political force needed to preserve classwide vested interests. Unlike conspiracy theories of power and control, the superclass' political influence is evidenced in the reality of economic and political inequalities that maintain class hierarchies. The term, therefore, refers to "the hidden structures and processes through which superclass leaders, along with their credentialed-class allies, penetrate and dominate the American political system."〔Perrucci, Robert, and Earl Wysong. ''The New Class Society''. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2008, p. 142.〕 The empire is "invisible" because many of the individuals involved receive very little or no public attention.
==Social inequality and stratification==
Citing Perrucci and Wysong, Christopher Doob explores the obscure networks and agencies that are embedded in policy-making processes. He explains that there is little public awareness of the structures that buttress the superclass' social dominance.〔 Foundations, think tanks, universities and policy-making groups are all heavily influenced by superclass initiatives, and are part of the "widely dispersed collection of resources, organizations, and process" that form "a coherent political force that ensures the perpetuation of its (superclass' ) interests."〔
Members of the invisible class empire are able to dominate social systems in that they both fund and function within the policy-making groups.The policy-making groups are the associations who prepare the imperative political and economic policies. There are three major groups: the Business Roundtable (BR), the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Committee for Economic Development (CED). All three groups are essential for leading “major corporations, banks, law firms, important government officials, and prominent people from universities, foundations and the mass media.”〔
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