Format:
Online-Ressource (259 p)
ISBN:
9780226764641
Series Statement:
Studies in Communication, Media, and Pub
Content:
Most people believe that large corporations wield enormous political power when they lobby for policies as a cohesive bloc. With this controversial book, Mark A. Smith sets conventional wisdom on its head. In a systematic analysis of postwar lawmaking, Smith reveals that business loses in legislative battles unless it has public backing. This surprising conclusion holds because the types of issues that lead businesses to band together-such as tax rates, air pollution, and product liability-also receive the most media attention. The ensuing debates give citizens the information they need t
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Business Unity and Its Consequences for Representative Democracy; 3. Identifying Business Unity; 4. A Portrait of Unifying Issues; 5. Public Opinion, Elections, and Lawmaking; 6. Overt Sources of Business Power; 7. Structural Sources of Business Power; 8. The Role of Business in Shaping Public Opinion; 9. The Compatibility of Business Unity and Popular Sovereignty; Appendix A: Additional Coding Rules Used to Uncover Positions of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Appendix B: The Potential for Feedback between Policy and OpinionReferences; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226764658
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226764627
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe American Business and Political Power : Public Opinions, Elections and Democracy
Language:
English
Keywords:
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