This collection of entries offers a front seat view of the rise, reign, and fall of powerful modern political families and examines the effects they have had on

This collection of entries offers a front seat view of the rise, reign, and fall of powerful modern political families and examines the effects they have had on

Dynastic politics, usually presumed to be the antithesis of democracy, is a routine aspect of politics in many modern democracies. This book introduces a new th

Although democracy is, in principle, the antithesis of dynastic rule, families with multiple members in elective office continue to be common around the world.

An acerbic, withering account of the ascent of the Bush family to the pinnacle of the American political and social elite and the implications of the dynasty's