Contemporary Oligarchies in Developed Democracies

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Gottfried, Shelly (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Democracy.; Comparative politics.; Political science.; Political leadership.; Regionalism.; Comparative Politics.; Governance and Government.; Political Leadership.

The book analyzes concentrations of wealth and power in developed democracies. It shows that economic measures, which states adopted during the 1980s and 1990s, had evolved first into liberal oligarchy, and later, after the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, into illiberal and populist oligarchy. Th...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Chapter 1: Introduction
• 2. Chapter 2: Oligarchs, Oligarchy and Oligarchization
• 3. Chapter 3: Privatisation and the Rise of the Oligarchy
• 4. Chapter 4: Financialization and Oligarchization
• 5. Chapter 5: The Consolidation of the 'Liberal' Oligarchy
• 6. Chapter 6: 'Populist Oliagarchy' in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis. 7. Chapter 7: Conclusions.