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2011
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
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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
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AN ESTABLISHMENT OR AN OLIGARCHY?
National Tax Journal, 1989Attempts to determine whether the U.S. is an establishment or an oligarchy. Compares and contrasts the two systems with the author concluding that the U.S. is an oligarchy.
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, 2016 This chapter summarizes key themes and presents some final thoughts. This book traced Adams' fear of oligarchy to a more rational source. It argued that Adams was a practical political scientist who concluded through his studies and experiences that ...
Luke Mayville
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The Will of the People, Not of an Oligarchy.
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1902Boston, Mass., March 13, 1902. To the Editor: —Prof. William T. Sedgwick, Boston, in an address published in a recent number ofThe Journal"confesses with sorrow" the lack of success of efforts to prevent the study of "temperance physiology" as now required in the public schools of this country.
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2002
Abstract When the patricians expelled the kings from Rome, they were careful to retain the kingly power, vested in a pair of annual magistrates; and though compelled in time to admit the plebeians to :r.olitical equality, certain of the great patrician houses, Valeni, Fabii and Comelii, none the less held in turn a dynastic and almost
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Abstract When the patricians expelled the kings from Rome, they were careful to retain the kingly power, vested in a pair of annual magistrates; and though compelled in time to admit the plebeians to :r.olitical equality, certain of the great patrician houses, Valeni, Fabii and Comelii, none the less held in turn a dynastic and almost
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American Political Science Review, 1953
One of the most interesting generalizations in the field of social science is Robert Michels' “iron law of oligarchy.” The commentary on this hypothesis has usually been motivated by a desire to attack or to support it; seldom has anyone made a serious attempt to understand it before passing judgment. This situation is partially Michels' responsibility,
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One of the most interesting generalizations in the field of social science is Robert Michels' “iron law of oligarchy.” The commentary on this hypothesis has usually been motivated by a desire to attack or to support it; seldom has anyone made a serious attempt to understand it before passing judgment. This situation is partially Michels' responsibility,
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2018
Practical wisdom in political institutions is threatened by an ideology that is radically hostile to politics as a means to attain common goods. Neoliberalism promotes competition in all spheres of life in order to foster utility maximizing behavior. A major consequence of the resulting failure to balance goods has been the rise of inequality, which ...
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Practical wisdom in political institutions is threatened by an ideology that is radically hostile to politics as a means to attain common goods. Neoliberalism promotes competition in all spheres of life in order to foster utility maximizing behavior. A major consequence of the resulting failure to balance goods has been the rise of inequality, which ...
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2018
This chapter reviews the novelties which the present volume brings to the parentela model. The chapter argues therefore that the extended parentela has an application in the field of democracy and democratic transition because it has the potential to explain forms of transitions not towards to democracy but away from it.
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This chapter reviews the novelties which the present volume brings to the parentela model. The chapter argues therefore that the extended parentela has an application in the field of democracy and democratic transition because it has the potential to explain forms of transitions not towards to democracy but away from it.
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1995
In the latter-half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, Japan underwent two major shifts in political control. In the 1910s, the power of the oligarchy was eclipsed by that of a larger group of professional politicians; in the 1930s, the focus of power shifted again, this time to a set of independent military leaders ...
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In the latter-half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, Japan underwent two major shifts in political control. In the 1910s, the power of the oligarchy was eclipsed by that of a larger group of professional politicians; in the 1930s, the focus of power shifted again, this time to a set of independent military leaders ...
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