Tag: concepts

  • Notes on Winters and Page’s “Oligarchy in the U.S.?”

    Notes on Winters and Page’s “Oligarchy in the U.S.?”

     In this post, I summarize the article “Oligarchy in the U.S.,” by Winters and Page (2009). Winters and Page: Oligarchy in the USA Winters and Page (Hereafter, WP) argue that all modern democracies, regardless of level of democracy, can be oligarchies.   Oligarchy and democracy can, and do, “coexist comfortably” (731).  WP ask whether the U.S.…