About the Authors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments VII
3. Contents IX
4. Part I: Types
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1 Introduction 5
7. Chapter 2 What Do We Know About Oligarchs? 29
8. Chapter 3 Business Oligarchs 53
9. Chapter 4 Political Oligarchs 87
10. Part II: Strategies
11. Introduction 117
12. Chapter 5 Oligarchs Are Entrepreneurial 119
13. Chapter 6 Friends with Benefits – Oligarch Alliances and Competition 139
14. Chapter 7 Waiting for the Main Chance – How Oligarchs Exploit Strategic Timing 158
15. Chapter 8 Flying Under the Radar – How Oligarchs Employ Secrecy and Stealthiness 175
16. Part III: Endings
17. Introduction 203
18. Chapter 9 Oligarchs in History 205
19. Chapter 10 W(h)ither Oligarchs 229
20. Chapter 11 Conclusion 257
21. List of Principal Characters (in Alphabetical Order) 275
22. A Selective Oligarch Chronology 277
23. Appendix 1: Methodology 279
24. Appendix 2: How We Constructed the Lingelbach-Rodríguez Oligarch Index 283
25. A Guide to Further Reading 285
26. References 287
27. List of Figures 303
28. About the Authors 305
29. Index 307