{"product_id":"9780817322069-oligarchy-in-america","title":"Oligarchy in America","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePower, Justice, and the Rule of the Few\u003cbr\u003eIlluminates one of the most widely used yet poorly understood concepts in contemporary discourse, as apt and relevant to democracy in America as it is to Eastern Europe and Putin’s Russia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating survey of the history of political and economic ideas in the US that have led to an increasingly entrenched ultra-rich class of oligarchs.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo an American, oligarchy is something that happens somewhere else. In \u003ci\u003eOligarchy in America\u003c\/i\u003e, Luke Winslow reveals oligarchy’s deep intellectual roots and alarming growth in America. The book provides conceptual tools the lack of which have prevented Americans from recognizing oligarchy at home. \u003cp\u003e Winslow argues that generic labels like “billionaires” for a class of ultra-rich masks the pervasive structures that entrench their power. He introduces instead the concept of \u003ci\u003edemocratic oligarchy\u003c\/i\u003e—an institutional arrangement in which the ultra-rich form a class consciously creating and leveraging state power to accumulate wealth. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Like a master class in political ideas, Winslow traces the intellectual lineage of oligarchy in the US. His lively and compulsively readable survey examines key rhetorical sources such as Herbert Spencer, Andrew Carnegie, Friedrich Hayek, Lewis Powell, Milton Friedman, Charles Koch, Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, and others. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOligarchy in America\u003c\/i\u003e maps the connective web of oligarchic ideas uniting these disparate figures. By offering a lucid framework through which to view oligarchic ideas ambient in American culture, Winslow makes a vital contribution to readers and scholars of communication and rhetorical studies, public address, economics, and political science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55676932456822,"sku":"9780817322069","price":96.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34850528.jpg?v=1750299821","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780817322069-oligarchy-in-america","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}