| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 257 pages) |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. One Constitution's Blind Spot -- ch. Two Growth of Corporate Power -- ch. Three Where We Are Now -- ch. Four What the Corporate Political Machine Wants: Four Short Case Studies -- ch. Five Powell Memo and the Corporate Strategy -- ch. Six Capture of the Court -- ch. Seven Capture of Elections: Citizens United -- ch. Eight Capture of Regulatory Agencies -- ch. Nine Capture of the Civil Jury -- ch. Ten Denial Machine -- ch. Eleven Climate Change and the "Flies of Summer" -- ch. Twelve America's Lamp in Peril |
| Summary |
In Captured, U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor Sheldon Whitehouse offers an eye-opening take on what corporate influence looks like today from the Senate Floor, adding a first-hand perspective to Jane Mayer's Dark Money. Americans know something is wrong in their government. Senator Whitehouse combines history, legal scholarship, and personal experiences to provide the first hands-on, comprehensive explanation of what's gone wrong, exposing multiple avenues through which our government has been infiltrated and disabled by corporate powers. Captured reveals an original oversight by the |
| Notes |
Electronic resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 8, 2017) |
| Subject |
Business and politics -- United States
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Corporations -- Political activity -- United States
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Democracy -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Campaigns & Elections.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
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Corporations -- Political activity
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Democracy
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Business and politics
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wachtell Stinnett, Melanie
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| ISBN |
9781620972083 |
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1620972085 |
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