Oligarchy [electronic resource] / Jeffrey A. Winters.
2011
JC419 .W56 2011
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Title
Oligarchy [electronic resource] / Jeffrey A. Winters.
ISBN
9781107005280
9780521182980
9781139080873 (electronic book)
9780521182980
9781139080873 (electronic book)
Imprint
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
xx, 323 p. : ill.
Call Number
JC419 .W56 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
321/.5
Summary
"The common thread for oligarchs across history is that wealth defines them, empowers them, and inherently exposes them to threats. The existential motive of all oligarchs is wealth defense. These variations yield four types of oligarchy: warring, ruling, sultanistic, and civil"-- Provided by publisher.
"For centuries, oligarchs were viewed as empowered by wealth, an idea muddled by elite theory early in the twentieth century. The common thread for oligarchs across history is that wealth defines them, empowers them, and inherently exposes them to threats. The existential motive of all oligarchs is wealth defense. How they respond varies with the threats they confront, including how directly involved they are in supplying the coercion underlying all property claims, and whether they act separately or collectively. These variations yield four types of oligarchy: warring, ruling, sultanistic, and civil. Oligarchy is not displaced by democracy but rather is fused with it. Moreover, the rule of law problem in many societies is a matter of taming oligarchs. Cases studied in this book include the United States, ancient Athens and Rome, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, medieval Venice and Siena, mafia commissions in the United States and Italy, feuding Appalachian families, and early chiefs cum oligarchs dating from 2300 BCE"-- Provided by publisher.
"For centuries, oligarchs were viewed as empowered by wealth, an idea muddled by elite theory early in the twentieth century. The common thread for oligarchs across history is that wealth defines them, empowers them, and inherently exposes them to threats. The existential motive of all oligarchs is wealth defense. How they respond varies with the threats they confront, including how directly involved they are in supplying the coercion underlying all property claims, and whether they act separately or collectively. These variations yield four types of oligarchy: warring, ruling, sultanistic, and civil. Oligarchy is not displaced by democracy but rather is fused with it. Moreover, the rule of law problem in many societies is a matter of taming oligarchs. Cases studied in this book include the United States, ancient Athens and Rome, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, medieval Venice and Siena, mafia commissions in the United States and Italy, feuding Appalachian families, and early chiefs cum oligarchs dating from 2300 BCE"-- Provided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Preface; 2. Material foundations of oligarchy; 3. Warring oligarchies; 4. Ruling oligarchies; 5. Sultanistic oligarchies; 6. Civil oligarchies; 7. Conclusions.