The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies with Jeffrey Winters

In The Blind Spot, political scientist Winters delivers an urgent account of how we reached this era of in-your-face oligarchy and introduces bold ideas for how and when we might shift the balance. Even though oligarchs may not cede power willingly, this period of shocking inequality is, Winters shows, an opportunity for genuine, enduring change.

This event is in person only and will take place in the Thai Theatre, lower ground floor, CKK building, LSE. Registration is advised.

Meet the speaker

Jeffrey Winters has an international reputation for his pathbreaking work on oligarchs and elites. His influential 2011 book Oligarchy was awarded the 2012 Luebbert Prize. He is a professor and past chair of political science at Northwestern University and the Director of the Equality Development and Globalization Studies Program at Northwestern’s Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. He has lectured worldwide and his work has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New Yorker and across the world’s broadcast media.

Meet the chair

John T. Sidel is the Sir Patrick Gillam Professor of International and Comparative Politics and the Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

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