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Oligarchy in the United States?
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Page and Winters argue that democratic institutions can coexist with oligarchic power because wealthy actors need not hold office or control every political question.
- supports · pp. 731–733
Page and Winters distinguish their material account of oligarchy from elite theories concerned more broadly with leadership, organization, expertise, or control by minorities.
- supports · pp. 731–735
Formal office, agenda control, ownership, coercion, organization, and informal access are different mechanisms and should not be inferred from one another.
- supports · pp. 731–736