DemoBro: The blatant and mocking oligarchy

I - Far Right and Populism

1. Gpahe Report. Mapping The Far Right The Movement’s Conferences Illuminate Its Growing Transnational Networks, 2024. (*)

2. Haynes, Jeffrey. "Right-wing populism and religion in Europe and the USA." Religions 11.10 (2020): 490.

3. Sandrin, Paula. "The rise of right-wing populism in Europe: A psychoanalytical contribution." Financial crisis management and democracy: Lessons from Europe and Latin America (2021): 227-239. (*)

4. Masood, Ayesha, and Muhammad Azfar Nisar. "Speaking out: A postcolonial critique of the academic discourse on far-right populism." Organization 27.1 (2020): 162-173. (*)

5. Del Real, Deisy, and Cecilia Menjívar. "The tools of autocracy worldwide: Authoritarian networks, the façade of democracy, and neo-repression." American Behavioral Scientist 68.12 (2024): 1559-1577.

II - From Democracy to Oligarchy: DemoBro

1. US and Generality 

6. Tscheschlok, Benjamin. Tech Bro Messiahs: How Tech Billionaires are Spearheading Late-Stage Reactionary Politics. Diss. University Honors College, Middle Tennessee State University, 2024. Cap I e II (*)

7. scheschlok, Benjamin. Tech Bro Messiahs: How Tech Billionaires are Spearheading Late-Stage Reactionary Politics. Diss. University Honors College, Middle Tennessee State University, 2024. Cap III e IV (*)

8. scheschlok, Benjamin. Tech Bro Messiahs: How Tech Billionaires are Spearheading Late-Stage Reactionary Politics. Diss. University Honors College, Middle Tennessee State University, 2024. Cap V e VI (*)

9. Allcorn, Seth. "America’s Oligarchy." Journal of Psychohistory 51.2 (2023).

10. Dingwerth, Klaus, and Julian Eckl. "Billionaires in world politics: donors, governors, authorities." Journal of Global Ethics 18.2 (2022): 201-210.

- FEFFER, JOHN. "Billionaires vs. Democracy." CounterPunch (2024).

- Kolhatkar, Sonali. "We Can Have Either Billionaires or Democracy. Not Both." CounterPunch (2023).

11. Adler, Paul S., et al. "Authoritarianism, populism, and the global retreat of democracy: A curated discussion." Journal of Management Inquiry 32.1 (2023): 3-20. (*)

12. Arlen, Gordon, and Enzo Rossi. "Must realists be pessimists about democracy? Responding to epistemic and oligarchic challenges." Moral Philosophy and Politics 8.1 (2021): 27-49.

2. Europe

13. Lefkofridi, Zoe, and Nathalie Giger. "Democracy or oligarchy? Unequal representation of income groups in European institutions." Politics and Governance 8.1 (2020): 19-27. (*)

3. Russia 

14. Matveev, Ilya. "Big Business in Putin's Russia: Structural and Instrumental Power." Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization 27.4 (2019): 401-422.

15. Marandici, Ion. "Oligarchs, Political Ties and Nomenklatura Capitalism: Introducing a New Dataset." Ion Marandici,'Oligarchs, Political Ties and Nomenklatura Capitalism: Introducing a New Dataset,'Europe-Asia Studies (2024). (*)

4. China

16. Zhu, Jiangnan. "The Rise and Fall of Ruling Oligarchs." China Review 22.2 (2022): 49-79. (*)

17. Milanovic, B. R. A. N. K. . "China’s inequality will lead it to a Stark choice." Foreign Affairs (2021).

5. Latin America and Brazil

18. Cameron, Maxwell A. "The return of oligarchy? Threats to representative democracy in Latin America." Third World Quarterly 42.4 (2020): 775-792.

19. Ferraz, Claudio, Frederico Finan, and Monica Martinez-Bravo. Political power, elite control, and long-run development: Evidence from Brazil. No. w27456. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020. (*)

20. Ioris, Rafael R., and Aaron Schneider. "Anti-Corruption and Democracy: Neo-Liberal Authoritarianism in Brazil." Ioris, Rafael R. and Schneider, Aaron, Anti-Corruption and Democracy: Neo-Liberal Authoritarianism in Brazil. May (2022) (*).

III - Miscelânea

Pal, Maïa, and Neal Harris. "Capital is Dead. Long Live Capital! A Political Marxist Analysis of Digital Capitalism and Infrastructure." tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society 22.1 (2024): 232-247.

Impactos da Inteligência Artificial nas Relações de Trabalho

Busacca, A., Monaca, M. A. Who’s Afraid of “Big Bad” Generative AI? Brief Notes on the IDPA Provision Against OpenAI ChatGPT. Artificial Intelligence and Fifth Industrial Revolution, Springer, 2025. Disponível em: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-73880-7_9.

Khaustova, Y., Riabokin, T. Integration of Artificial Intelligence into the Corporate Management System. Economics, Finance and Management Review, 2024. Disponível em: https://www.public.scnchub.com/efmr/index.php/efmr/article/download/311/246.

Lau, A., Rebehn, C., Nichol, L., Bell, R. GERMANY, THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT IS CALLING: A LONG PATHWAY TO SUSTAINABLE HRM PURPOSE. Eprints Worcester, 2025. Disponível em: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/14522/.

Mandaglio, A. IA: Evoluzione o Rivoluzione? DigitCult - Scientific Journal on Digital Cultures, 2024. Disponível em: https://digitcult.lim.di.unimi.it/index.php/dc/article/download/260/165.

Pietroni, E. Multisensory Museums, Hybrid Realities, Narration and Technological Innovation: A Discussion Around New Perspectives in Experience Design and Sense of …. Preprints.org, 2025. Disponível em: https://www.preprints.org/frontend/manuscript/e2a081c41b6a06d1e43cc0cb63e8b4c1/download_pub.

Prastacos, G., Pouloudi, N. Leading and Managing in the Digital Era. Springer, 2024. Disponível em: https://iris.uniupo.it/retrieve/a1d02bd1-0249-4cb7-b1eb-7a96fa79abe1/2024_Springer_Bonini-Capizzi-Tenca.pdf.

Triantafyllou, S., Kapos, P. Artificial intelligence in journalism: The new era in news and communication. E-Proceedings, 2025. Disponível em: https://eproceedings.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/EFoC/article/download/7907/7015.

  HÜSMEN, A. AI in the Creative Industries: Strikes, Debates, and Implications. ResearchGate, 2024. Disponível em: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arife-Huesmen/publication/387368228_AI_in_the_Creative_Industries_Strikes_Debates_and_Implications/links/676abd1de74ca64e1f2998bf/AI-in-the-Creative-Industries-Strikes-Debates-and-Implications.pdf.

  Madumidha, S., Bihade, P. M., Parasar, A. Addressing Modern Slavery and Child Labor in Supply Chains. Social Sustainability in Supply Chain Management, IGI Global, 2025. Disponível em: https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/addressing-modern-slavery-and-child-labor-in-supply-chains/367628.

  OZDEMIR, B. A Comprehensive Analysis of The Exploitative Nature of Microwork in the Field of Generative Artificial Intelligence: The Case of OpenAI and the Issues Related to Data Protection. University of Padua Thesis, 2024. Disponível em: https://thesis.unipd.it/bitstream/20.500.12608/62244/1/A%20Comprehensive%20Analysis%20of%20The%20Exploitative%20Nature%20of%20Microwork%20The%20Case%20of%20OpenAI%27s%20Microworkers%20and%20the%20Issues%20Related%20to%20Data%20Protection.pdf.