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The book analyzes concentrations of wealth and power in developed democracies. It shows that economic measures, which states adopted during the 1980s and 1990s, had evolved first into liberal oligarchy, and later, after the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, into illiberal and populist oligarchy. The shape and content of these two kinds of oligarchy have been determined largely because of practices and political strategies that powerful state and market actors employed. This project will appeal to a wide audience including academics, researchers, students, and anyone who is interested in oligarchy political power, IR, political economy, and sociology.
List of contents
1. Chapter 1: Introduction.- 2. Chapter 2: Oligarchs, Oligarchy and Oligarchization.- 3. Chapter 3: Privatisation and the Rise of the Oligarchy.- 4. Chapter 4: Financialization and Oligarchization.- 5. Chapter 5: The Consolidation of the 'Liberal' Oligarchy.- 6. Chapter 6: 'Populist Oliagarchy' in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis. 7. Chapter 7: Conclusions.
About the author
Shelly Gottfried is Research Fellow and Lecturer at City, University of London, UK, and Beit-Berl Academic College, Israel.
Summary
The book analyzes concentrations of wealth and power in developed democracies. It shows that economic measures, which states adopted during the 1980s and 1990s, had evolved first into liberal oligarchy, and later, after the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, into illiberal and populist oligarchy. The shape and content of these two kinds of oligarchy have been determined largely because of practices and political strategies that powerful state and market actors employed. This project will appeal to a wide audience including academics, researchers, students, and anyone who is interested in oligarchy political power, IR, political economy, and sociology.
