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Author Smith, Mark A. (Mark Alan), 1970-

Title American business and political power [electronic resource] : public opinion, elections, and democracy / Mark A. Smith.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2000.

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Description xii, 245 p. : ill.
Series Studies in communication, media, and public opinion
Studies in communication, media, and public opinion.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Business unity and its consequences for representative democracy -- Identifying business unity -- A portrait of unifying issues -- Public opinion, elections, and lawmaking -- Overt sources of business power -- Structural sources of business power -- The role of business in shaping public opinion -- The compatibility of business unity and popular sovereignty.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Business and politics -- United States.
Public opinion -- United States.
Power (Social sciences) -- United States.
Pressure groups -- United States.
Lobbying -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0226764621 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226764648 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226764641
9780226764658 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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