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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 12:00 AM

Nepotistic succession in the political class

A large, and rapidly growing, percentage of high elected officials are part of politically powerful families. What accounts for this anti-democratic dynamic?
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Wednesday, December 3, 2008 07:52 AM

    History News Network....

    Strikes me as the most likely place for finding anything empirical. Using the search term "political dynasties"at HNN, I came up with these results:

    http://hnn.us/results.php?cx=009765591100091698464%3Ave6wzf7owyw&cof=FORID%3A11&q=political+dynasties&sa.x=9&sa.y=10#818

    Didn't begin to read them all. Other search terms might or might not yield something as well.

    —-Mona- Read -Mona-'s other letters

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