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Using a diverse array of original evidence, State Capture explains
why and how conservatives developed cross-state political clout
while progressives did not. Most Americans pay little attention to
the massive number of elections that occur at the state level every
year. Yet cumulatively, a party's success in state-level races
across the country can produce major shifts in policymaking and
governance. That is precisely what has happened in the US since
2010. In a wave election that year, the Republican Party began
their ascendancy in state-level elections, and by 2016 had
solidified their dominance. The party now fully controls 25 state
legislatures and governorships-one of the largest advantages either
party has had since the New Deal. After the GOP wave, a broad
swathe of states began considering and enacting a near-identical
set of conservative priorities-often even using the exact same
text. Where did this flood of new legislation come from? How did so
many states arrive at the same proposals at precisely the same
time? As Alexander Hertel-Fernandez shows in the eye-opening State
Capture, the answer can be found in a trio of powerful interest
groups: the Koch Brothers-run Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and the State Policy
Network (SPN). Drawing from an impressive evidence base,
Hertel-Fernandez explains how, since the 1970s, conservative
activists, wealthy donors, and big businesses constructed a
right-wing "troika" of overlapping and influential lobbying groups.
But it is about more than this. It also teases out how
conservative-corporate mobilization has fostered epochal shifts in
the American political economy: the decline of unions, party
polarization, and the skyrocketing concentration of wealth. State
Capture will be essential reading for anyone interested in
understanding contemporary American politics.
This volume brings together leading political scientists to explore
the distinctive features of the American political economy. The
introductory chapter provides a comparatively informed framework
for analyzing the interplay of markets and politics in the United
States, focusing on three key factors: uniquely fragmented and
decentralized political institutions; an interest group landscape
characterized by weak labor organizations and powerful, parochial
business groups; and an entrenched legacy of ethno-racial divisions
embedded in both government and markets. Subsequent chapters look
at the fundamental dynamics that result, including the place of the
courts in multi-venue politics, the political economy of labor,
sectional conflict within and across cities and regions, the
consolidation of financial markets and corporate monopoly and
monopsony power, and the ongoing rise of the knowledge economy.
Together, the chapters provide a revealing new map of the politics
of democratic capitalism in the United States.
This volume brings together leading political scientists to explore
the distinctive features of the American political economy. The
introductory chapter provides a comparatively informed framework
for analyzing the interplay of markets and politics in the United
States, focusing on three key factors: uniquely fragmented and
decentralized political institutions; an interest group landscape
characterized by weak labor organizations and powerful, parochial
business groups; and an entrenched legacy of ethno-racial divisions
embedded in both government and markets. Subsequent chapters look
at the fundamental dynamics that result, including the place of the
courts in multi-venue politics, the political economy of labor,
sectional conflict within and across cities and regions, the
consolidation of financial markets and corporate monopoly and
monopsony power, and the ongoing rise of the knowledge economy.
Together, the chapters provide a revealing new map of the politics
of democratic capitalism in the United States.
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