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Oligarchy by Jeffrey A. Winters is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Oligarchy about?
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 they confront, including how directly involved they are in supplying the coercion underlying all property claims, and whether they act separatel
Who reads Oligarchy?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jeffrey A. Winters
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781139078603
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Fiction, Economics
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (44 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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