de-oligarchization

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de-oligarchization (uncountable) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

  1. Alternative form of deoligarchization
    • 1966, Mayer N[athan] Zald, Roberta Ash, “Social Movement Organizations: Growth, Decay and Change”, in Barry McLaughlin, editor, Studies in Social Movements: A Social Psychological Perspective, New York, N.Y.: Free Press; London: Collier Macmillan, published 1969, →ISBN, page 462:
      Of course, some MO's [social movement organizations] begin with a relatively oligarchical structure and de-oligarchization may occur.
    • 2022 September, Iuliia Mendel, “Oligarchs and Fake News”, in The Fight of Our Lives: My Time with Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s Battle for Democracy, and What It Means for the World, New York, N.Y.: One Signal Publishers/Atria Books, →ISBN, page 157:
      So although in some important ways the process of de-oligarchization had begun before [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy came to power, there was no blueprint for what to do next. Without a concrete program in place and little visible progress being made, de-oligarchization soon became an empty populist solgan. it became clear during the administration of [Petro] Poroshenko, himself one of the richest men in Ukraine, that it was quite difficult to develop a transparent program of de-oligarchization.