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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aJC419 _b.W56 2011
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100	1		_aWinters, Jeffrey A., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aOligarchy / _cJeffrey A. Winters.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (344 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aFor 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 separately or collectively. These variations yield four types of oligarchy: warring, ruling, sultanistic and civil. Moreover, the rule of law problem in many societies is a matter of taming oligarchs. Cases studied in this book include the United States, ancient Athens and Rome, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, medieval Venice and Siena, mafia commissions in the United States and Italy, feuding Appalachian families and early chiefs cum oligarchs dating from 2300 BCE.
650		0	_aOligarchy
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107005280
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511793806
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
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