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.
