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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... life into key sections . Officials from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce were open and candid with information . They generously allowed interviews , supplied documents , and granted permission for me to rummage through xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
... life into key sections . Officials from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce were open and candid with information . They generously allowed interviews , supplied documents , and granted permission for me to rummage through xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
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... official : Following six failed attempts to break a lengthy filibuster , the U.S. Senate banished to committee a bill to reform the nation's labor laws . This latest twist in the high - stakes drama effectively killed the bill ...
... official : Following six failed attempts to break a lengthy filibuster , the U.S. Senate banished to committee a bill to reform the nation's labor laws . This latest twist in the high - stakes drama effectively killed the bill ...
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... officials who must win public support during elections . The legislative process represents the forum where elections have the greatest opportunity to ensure that policy reflects the public's values and preferences . Lawmaking also ...
... officials who must win public support during elections . The legislative process represents the forum where elections have the greatest opportunity to ensure that policy reflects the public's values and preferences . Lawmaking also ...
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... officials . To uncover evidence that could substantiate or refute my central the- sis , I first identify a set of issues marked by a high degree of business unity . Chapter 3 seeks to isolate the full universe of federal legislative ...
... officials . To uncover evidence that could substantiate or refute my central the- sis , I first identify a set of issues marked by a high degree of business unity . Chapter 3 seeks to isolate the full universe of federal legislative ...
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... officials ' needs to facilitate private investment critically constrain their range of decisions . These economic imperatives , defined here as a form of business power that could directly affect policymaking , would bias legislative ...
... officials ' needs to facilitate private investment critically constrain their range of decisions . These economic imperatives , defined here as a form of business power that could directly affect policymaking , would bias legislative ...
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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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American Business and Political Power: Public Opinion, Elections, and Democracy Mark A. Smith Обмежений попередній перегляд - 2000 |
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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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