Wealth and power : philosophical perspectives / Edited by Michael Bennett, Huub Brouwer, and Rutger Claassen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: The Wealth-Power Nexus -- PART I: Theoretical Orientations -- 2. What about Ethos? Republican Institutions, Oligarchic Democracy, and Norms of Political Equality -- 3. Two Liberal Egalitarian Perspectives on Wealth and Power -- 4. Public Choice and Political Equality -- 5. Private Wealth and Political Domination: A Marxian Approach -- 6. Anarchism and Redistribution -- PART II: Power in the Economic Sphere -- 7. Why Does Worker Participation Matter? Three Considerations in Favour of Worker Participation in Corporate Governance -- 8. Taming the Corporate Leviathan: How to Properly Politicise Corporate Purpose? -- 9. The Power of Big Tech Corporations as Modern Bigness and a Vocabulary for Shaping Competition Law as Counter-Power -- 10. Economic Power and Democratic Forbearance: The Case of Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy -- 11. Independence in the Commons: How Group Ownership Realises Basic Non-Domination -- PART III: Wealth and Democratic Institutions -- 12. Hidden in Plain Sight: How Lobby Organisations Undermine Democracy -- 13. No Money, No Party: The Role of Political Parties in Electoral Campaigns -- 14. Constitutions against Oligarchy -- 15. Automation, Desert, and the Case for Capital Grants -- 16. The Power of Private Creditors and the Need for Reform of the International Financial Architecture -- Index

"Is political equality viable given the unequal private property holdings characteristic of a capitalist economy? This book places the wealth-politics nexus at the centre of scholarly analysis. Traditional theories of democracy and property have often ignored the ways in which the rich attempt to convert their wealth into political power, operating on the implicit assumption that politics is isolated from economic forces. This book brings the moral and political links between wealth and power into clear focus. The chapters are divided into three thematic sections. Part I analyses wealth and politics from the perspective of various political traditions, such as liberalism, republicanism, anarchism, and Marxism. Part II addresses the economic sphere, and looks at the political influence of corporations, philanthropists and commons-based organizations. Finally, Part III turns to the political sphere and looks at the role of political parties and constitutions, and phenomena such as corruption and lobbying. Wealth and Power: Philosophical Perspectives will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in political philosophy, political science, economics, and law"-- Provided by publisher.