The Oligarch : Rewriting Machiavelli's the Prince for Our Time

Sherry, James

Springer International Publishing AG（2017/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 157 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783319621685
• DDC分類 320.1

Full Description

This book uses the structure of Machiavelli's The Prince to show how governance has changed over the last 500 years. If Machiavelli focuses on power concentrated in the hands of the republic or principalities, The Oligarch looks at how states and companies today function as oligarchies. Rather than dealing with the form of government, it addresses the operations and networks of governance for both states and corporations as a single set of common processes. The author links politics, ecology and literature, by using the literary device of appropriation to raise awareness of ecology and the overreach of powerful people, offering both wielders and critics of power a common ground based on how people in power actually conduct themselves. 

Contents

Section 1: Types of Oligarchies.- Section 2: Details of Acquisition and Management of Organizations.- Section 3: Oligarchic Forms.- Section 4: Managing Assets in Organizations.- Section 5: Guidance on Oligarchic Comportment.- Section 6: The Projects of Oligarchs.- Section 7: Good Offices.- Section 8: Risk Management and Marketplace Mentality.