American Business and Political Power: Public Opinion, Elections, and DemocracyUniversity of Chicago Press, 26 січ. 2010 р. - 245 стор. 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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... Contributions 123 6.2 Representation in the Modern Era of Campaign Finance 131 6.3 Tests of Overt Business Power 139 7.1 A Test of the Structural Power Thesis 157 8.1 Classification of Major American Think Tanks 179 8.2 Content Analysis ...
... Contributions 123 6.2 Representation in the Modern Era of Campaign Finance 131 6.3 Tests of Overt Business Power 139 7.1 A Test of the Structural Power Thesis 157 8.1 Classification of Major American Think Tanks 179 8.2 Content Analysis ...
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... contributions of her own , teaching valuable lessons about power , democracy , and the need for fathers as well as scholars to test presumptions against empirical evidence . ONE Introduction By midafternoon on June 22 , 1978 , xii ...
... contributions of her own , teaching valuable lessons about power , democracy , and the need for fathers as well as scholars to test presumptions against empirical evidence . ONE Introduction By midafternoon on June 22 , 1978 , xii ...
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... contributions to political campaigns , and participation in policy discussion groups where favorable ideas are developed . Moreover , the preferences , beliefs , and values of ordinary citizens will have little impact upon the ...
... contributions to political campaigns , and participation in policy discussion groups where favorable ideas are developed . Moreover , the preferences , beliefs , and values of ordinary citizens will have little impact upon the ...
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... contributions to candidates and parties . The results indicate that the overt mechanisms of power are only mildly successful . After these additions to the model , public opinion and election outcomes stand as the most important ...
... contributions to candidates and parties . The results indicate that the overt mechanisms of power are only mildly successful . After these additions to the model , public opinion and election outcomes stand as the most important ...
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... contribute to a business - wide effort to reform product liability laws , all at the same time . Similarly , diverse companies share desires for lower marginal tax rates even as they divide on more specific provisions of the tax code ...
... contribute to a business - wide effort to reform product liability laws , all at the same time . Similarly , diverse companies share desires for lower marginal tax rates even as they divide on more specific provisions of the tax code ...
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THREE Identifying Business Unity | 37 |
FOUR A Portrait of Unifying Issues | 63 |
FIVE Public Opinion Elections and Lawmaking | 89 |
SIX Overt Sources of Business Power | 115 |
SEVEN Structural Sources of Business Power | 143 |
EIGHT The Role of Business in Shaping Public Opinion | 167 |
NINE The Compatibility of Business Unity and Popular Sovereignty | 197 |
APPENDIX A Additional Coding Rules Used to Uncover Positions of the US Chamber of Commerce | 215 |
APPENDIX B The Potential for Feedback between Policy and Opinion | 217 |
REFERENCES | 223 |
INDEX | 237 |
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Сторінка 168 - A may exercise power over B by getting him to do what he does not want to do, but he also exercises power over him by influencing, shaping or determining his very...
Сторінка 8 - Smith finds that unity does not increase the direct influence of business and reduce democratic control by the citizenry. Instead, unity coincides with the opposite results. Issues marked by a common business position are precisely those for which government decisions are affected most strongly by election outcomes and the responsiveness of officeholders to their constituents.
Сторінка 41 - All subjects considered or acted upon by this chamber shall be national in character, timely in importance, and general in application to business and industry.
Сторінка 172 - I know of nothing more crucial than to come to the aid of the intellectuals and writers who are fighting on my side — A powerful counterintelligentsia can be organized to challenge our ruling [liberal] opinion makers ... an audience awaits its [conservative] views." So it did. Simon urged corporate America to use its "public affairs...
Сторінка 56 - ... we do our job and the government messes things up.') Businessmen share a deep skepticism about the ability of government to do anything efficiently, and they believe that the achievement of society's objectives whenever possible is best left in their hands. The reason for government inefficiency, businessmen invariably insist, is that public decisions are made without the discipline of the marketplace.
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