American business and political power public opinion, elections, and democracy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Mark A. 1970-
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2000.
Series:Studies in communication, media, and public opinion.
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Table of 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.