Over the past years, more and more comments appeared claiming the United States is on the path to becoming an oligarchy dominated politically by the members of the top 1% of the income distribution. This chapter discusses what oligarchies are, what forms can be distinguished, and whether the United States is actually evolving toward a rule of the rich.
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Hebenstreit, J. (2019). From democracy to oligarchy? The power of property in the United States. In Mobilization, Representation, and Responsiveness in the American Democracy (pp. 191–205). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24792-8_10
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