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American Business and Political Power (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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American Business and Political Power (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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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 to hold their representatives accountable and make
elections a choice between contrasting policy programs.
Rather than succumbing to corporate America, Smith argues,
representatives paradoxically become more responsive to their
constituents when facing a united corporate front. Corporations
gain the most influence over legislation when they work with
organizations such as think tanks to shape Americans' beliefs about
what government should and should not do.
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