title: Who's Running America? The Bush Restoration (7th Edition)
author:  Thomas R. Dye 
description: Arguing that the power in America is concentrated in large institutions, this book studies the people at the top of these institutionswho they are, how much power they wield, and how they came to power. Tom Dye has chronicled the national leadership since the Nixon-Ford years, each edition featuring the current president and his staff. The seventh edition focuses on the new Bush administration and the contrast it will bring to Washington following 8 years of Clinton dominance. The commentary is supported by years of data analysis involving more than 7000 institutional elites, which includes governmental and corporate leaders. This edition describes the return of the Bush dynasty to power. It includes a new chapter on The Money Elite, describing the power of the banking and financial community as well as the Federal Reserve Board; Chapter 7 now covers important issues concerning elite interlocking, recruitment, social characteristics, class, and factionalism; the discussion of How Institutional Leaders Make Public Policy has been expanded greatly in Chapter 8; several discussions have been added, including The Globalization of Economic Power, The Battle for IBM, Alan Greenspan: Ruling over Money, Hillary Clinton: Power and Ambition, and Liberal and Conservative Factions among Elites.
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  Copyright © 2020 by Rick Wilson
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  Published in the United States by Crown Forum, an imprint of Random House, a
  division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
  
  
  CROWN FORUM with colophon is a registered trademark of Penguin Random House
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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data is available upon request.
  
  
  ISBN 9780593137581
  
  
  Ebook ISBN 9780593137598
  
  
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  Cover images: Bloomberg/Getty Images
  
  
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Cover](../Text/Wils_9780593137598_epub3_cvi_r1.xhtml)
  
  
  [Title Page](../Text/Wils_9780593137598_epub3_tp_r1.xhtml)
  
  
  [Copyright](../Text/Wils_9780593137598_epub3_cop_r1.xhtml)
  
  
  [A Note to Readers](../Text/Wils_9780593137598_epub3_fm_r1