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On Organizations and Oligarchies: Michels in the Twenty-First Century [PDF]
, 2009 [Excerpt] A central problem for those interested in studying and explaining the actions of organizations is how to conceptualize these social phenomena. In particular, because organizations are constituted by individuals, each of whom may seek to achieve
Hiatt, Shon R, Tolbert, Pamela S
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Crisis beyond the exceptional: the latent, everyday nature of the crisis perpetual
Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, EarlyView.We are surrounded by declarations of crises, from climate to housing, debt and beyond. Crisis is everywhere and yet it remains exceptional. A crisis is imagined as a call to action, a repudiation of the old system, promising change if only the moment can be seized.
Kathryn Furlong
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Terrestrial Planet Formation I. The Transition from Oligarchic Growth to Chaotic Growth
, 2005 We use a hybrid, multiannulus, n-body-coagulation code to investigate the growth of km-sized planetesimals at 0.4-2 AU around a solar-type star. After a short runaway growth phase, protoplanets with masses of roughly 10^26 g and larger form throughout ...
Benjamin C. Bromley +2 more
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Branding and strategic maneuvering in the Romanian presidential election of 2004: A critical discourse-analytical and pragma-dialectical perspective [PDF]
, 2008 In this paper I analyse differences in the legitimation strategies used by and on behalf of the two presidential candidates in the elections of December 2004 in Romania, using a combination of Critical Discourse Analysis and pragma-dialectics.
Ietcu-Fairclough, Isabela
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The changing face of oligarchy in Latin America: Implications for democracy and development
European Review of Latin American and Caribbean StudiesThis exploration analyses the evolving nature of oligarchy in Latin America amid technological change and global wealth concentration. While traditional family-based elites rooted in land, commodities, and protected industries continue to dominate, a new
Benedicte Bull
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Where Now for Migration Studies? Problems, Purpose and Potential
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.Abstract The 21st century has witnessed an explosion of academic research on migration. We now have a rich corpus of projects and publications, as well as academic posts, degree programmes, PhDs, conferences, journals, departments and other (often well‐funded) ventures dedicated to migration. In parallel, however, ultra‐nationalism, militarised borders
Melanie Griffiths
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Independent trade union[s] in the 1970s [PDF]
, 1983 African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented August 1983The aim of this paper is to examine democracy and oligarchy in the independent trade unions in Transvaal and the Western Province General Workers Union in the 1978s. The unions considered in the
Maree, Johann
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Transformations of democracy and the problem of wealth: some remarks on oligarchy and the Czech case
Filosofický časopisThere are many signs that our democracies are undergoing a transformation: populism, an erosion of civic participation in political parties, to replace citizens’ decision- making with expert knowledge, and the growing power of super-wealthy people ...
Lánský, Ondřej
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PoliticonThis study critically examines how dynastic politics and party persistence reproduce elite power in Indonesia’s 2024 elections. It highlights a central paradox: elections remain procedurally competitive, yet democracy’s substance is increasingly weakened
Moch. Fauzie Said, Novy Setia Yunas
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Erosion of Competition Policy in the Age of Populism: Cases of Hungary, Mexico and Turkey
Governance, Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT This paper examines how populist governments politicize competition policy and the agencies responsible for enforcing it, focusing on the cases of Hungary, Mexico, and Turkey. We argue that competition policy has critical importance for populist governments as its control helps them advance their policy objectives and facilitates their ...
Isik D. Özel, Umut Aydin
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