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societies. How that process might work is a topic for chapter 8. First,
however, we need to consider a final set of cases. They are societies in
which it is quite clear who governs, but in which official power is integral
to corruption – not compromised by it – and in which corrupt figures act
with near-complete impunity. These are the ‘‘Official Moguls’’ cases of
chapter 7.