Political Institutions in J.R.R. Tolkien\u27s Middle-earth: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About the Lack of Democracy

Abstract

Alexei Kondratiev Student Paper Award, Mythcon 45. Examines traditional political structures, theories of how they work, and how they play out in Tolkien’s Middle-earth among fantastic races and landscapes. Especially intriguing is the way in which the immortality of some races and individuals affects the power balance