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Author Derber, Charles.

Title Hidden power : what you need to know to save our democracy / Charles Derber.

Publication Info. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2005]
©2005

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (x, 323 pages).
Series A BK currents book
BK currents book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-310) and index.
Contents Introduction: Who Really Rules America -- American Regimes -- The Powers That Be -- The Rules of Change -- Cracks in the Regime -- Black Magic -- Fascism Lite -- The American Recipe for Change -- What's the Matter with the Democrats? -- A Cure for the Blues -- Saving Democracy -- What You Can Do Now -- Organizations to Join -- Magazines.
Summary America has been run as a corporate regime for several years -- a merger of big business and government that makes profits more important than human rights and erodes the democratic tradition. Costly wars abroad, a national debt that grows exponentially year after year, and the inability to deliver stable work and essential social services are undermining the legitimacy of the regime -- opening the door to a new period of regime change. Today, new grass roots progressive movements are mobilizing, becoming a catalyst for change. In "Hidden Power, author Charles Derber shows how these movements.
Note Print version record.
Subject Business and politics -- United States.
Corporate power -- United States.
Democracy -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government.
Political participation -- United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
Business and politics. (OCoLC)fst00842401
Corporate power. (OCoLC)fst00879682
Democracy. (OCoLC)fst00890077
Political participation. (OCoLC)fst01069386
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Derber, Charles. Hidden power. 1st ed. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ©2005 9781576753453 (DLC) 2005045263 (OCoLC)58728912
ISBN 9781605092959 (electronic bk.)
1605092959 (electronic bk.)
9781609943547 (electronic bk.)
1609943546 (electronic bk.)
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