American Oligarchy The Permanent Political Class /
Ron Formisano.
- Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, (c)2017. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, (c)2015).
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
Includes bibliographies and index.
""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction -- Beyond Plutocracy: Becoming an Aristocracy""; ""Chapter 1 -- Meet the Political Class""; ""Chapter 2 -- Our One Percent Government, Congress, and Its Adjuncts: The Way to Wealth""; ""Chapter 3 -- Is the Political Class Corrupt?""; ""Chapter 4 -- The Permanent Campaign and the Permanent Political Class""; ""Chapter 5 -- Political Class Adaptation and Expansion""; ""Chapter 6 -- The Political Class in a Poor State""; ""Chapter 7 -- The Profitable World of Nonprofits""; ""Conclusion""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
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Oligarchy--United States. Political culture--United States. Political corruption--United States.