Jeffrey Alan Winters (born May 31, 1960) is an American political scientist at Northwestern University, specialising in the study of oligarchy.
He is a professor at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and Director of the Equality Development and Globalization Studies program (EDGS).
He has written extensively on Indonesia and on oligarchy in the United States. His 2011 book Oligarchy was the 2012 winner of the American Political Science Association's Luebbert Award for the Best Book in Comparative politics.
Specialization Professors Winters studies the lives of oligarchs and other elites, spanning from the United States of America, to Southeast Asia, Europe, and ancient Athens and Rome. Other important themes Winters focuses on are economic inequality, wealth concentration and the rule of law. He is also a specialist in the region of Southeast Asia, specifically Indonesia.
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