Oligarchy in the Americas: Comparing Oligarchic Rule in Latin America and the United States

Foweraker, Joe

This book explores the continuity of oligarchic rule in the Americas of the modern period, with a focus on the variable compatibility of oligarchic rule and democratic government. This focus sets the terms for a comparative inquiry that creates a novel perspective on the politics of Latin America and the United States alike. The continuity depends on the formation of a patrimonial State and a porous division between oligarchic interests and the public sphere of democratic politics; but it also depends on a capacity to adapt and change, and these changes are marked by successive and distinctive modes of rule in both Latin America and the United States. The book concludes with a description and comparison of the sequences and political characteristics of these modes of rule and discovers a recent and remarkable convergence of oligarchic rule in the Americas.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2020-12-13

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030631451

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63146-8

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 126