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Author Wedel, Janine R., 1957-

Title Shadow elite : how the world's new power brokers undermine democracy, government, and the free market / Janine R. Wedel.

Imprint New York : Basic Books, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  320.9 W414s 2009    ---  Available
Description xv, 283 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-267) and index.
Contents Confidence men and their flex lives -- When privatization meets truthiness -- Flex power in the wild East -- U.S. government, Inc. -- The privatizers -- The commandeers -- Accountability in the age of flex nets.
Summary An award-winning public policy expert and author of Collision and Collusion explains how an elite group of power-wielding agenda promoters are erasing the boundaries between government, private and non-profit organizations for their own benefit and have been behind headline-making scandals.
Subject Corruption.
Political corruption.
Power (Social sciences)
Elite (Social sciences)
Privatization.
Government accountability.
ISBN 9780465091065 (alk. paper)
0465091067 (alk. paper)

 
    
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