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The Limits of Neoliberalism: Sovereignty, Authority & the Logic of Competition
Widening economic inequality is the academic topic du jour, but the trend of growing wealth and income disparity has been underway for several decades. How did mounting inequality succeed in proving culturally and politically attractive for as long as it … Continue reading
Posted in Competitiveness, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy
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New corporate elites and the erosion of the Keynesian social compact
The role of corporate elites – notably financial elites – has been at the forefront of political debates in Western capitalist societies since the start of the Great Recession in 2008. The major structural unbalances that had accumulated in Anglo-American … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Corporate elites, Elite, Oligarchy, Social pact
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Polis and Revolution: Responding to Oligarchy in Classical Athens
During the turbulent last years of the fifth century BC, Athens twice suffered the overthrow of democracy and the subsequent establishment of oligarchic regimes. In an in-depth treatment of both political revolutions, Julia Shear examines how the Athenians responded to … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Greed, Inequality, Injustice, Oligarchy
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Oligarchy – Elites, Interest Groups , and Average Citizens
The US government does not represent the interests of the majority of the country’s citizens, but is instead ruled by those of the rich and powerful, a new study from Princeton and Northwestern Universities has concluded. The report, entitled Testing … Continue reading
Posted in Elite, Inequality, Oligarchy, Politics, Wealth
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“La Ley de hierro de la oligarquía” – Partidos políticos en democracia que no son organizaciones democráticas
A principios del S. XX el sociólogo alemán Robert Michels formuló en su libro “Los partidos políticos: un estudio sociológico de las tendencias oligárquicas de la democracia moderna“, la llamada “Ley de hierro de la oligarquía” para explicar la contradicción … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Oligarchy, Organizations, Política, Political sociology
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Oligarchy and Democracy
It is a confounding moment in American political history. On the one hand, evidence of democratic possibilities is undeniable. In 2008, millions of Americans helped catapult a man of half-African descent into the White House long before observers thought the … Continue reading
Concentrated Corporate Control Is Evidence of Oligarchy
I’ve read the paper, The Network of Global Corporate Control, and I think it is convincing evidence of the unnatural accumulation of corporate power and control in the hands of a few, the very definition of Oligarchy. The authors conclude … Continue reading
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