TY  - BOOK
AU  - Turchin,Peter
TI  - End times: elites, counter-elites, and the path of political disintegration 
SN  - 9780241553480
AV  - JK1726 .T87 2023
U1  - 320.011 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - UK
PB  - Allen Lane
KW  - Political stability
KW  - Elite (Social sciences)
KW  - Political activity
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - For decades, complexity scientist Peter Turchin has been studying world history like no-one else. Assembling vast databases mined from 10,000 years of human activity, and then developing new models, he has transformed the way we learn from the past. 'End Times' is the result: a groundbreaking account of how society works. The lessons, he argues, are clear. When the balance of power between the ruling class and the majority tips too far in favour of elites, income inequality surges. The rich get richer, the poor further impoverished. As more people try to join the elite, frustration with the establishment brims over, often with disastrous consequences
ER  -