Jeffrey A. Winters
Autor(a) de Oligarchy
Obras de Jeffrey A. Winters
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Membros
- 55
- Popularidade
- #295,340
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Resenhas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 9
- Idiomas
- 1
His argument that oligarchy and democracy are compatible seems to only be true for certain narrow conceptions of democracy (liberal, Schumpeterian, etc).
His distinction between tamed and untamed oligarchies is rather unclear.
However, this is an important topic, and this is one of the few texts that attempts to theorize oligarchy as a distinct phenomena. I also appreciated that his theory was linked to case studies, a move not often seen in theoretically inclined texts. Overall, a good read.… (mais)