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Author Whitehouse, Sheldon, 1955- author.

Title Captured : the corporate infiltration of American democracy / Senator Sheldon Whitehouse ; with Melanie Wachtell Stinnett.

Publication Info. New York : The New Press, 2017.
©2017

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  322.3 WHITEHOUSE    DUE 05-04-24
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  322.3 WHI    Storage
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  322.309 WHI    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - New Materials  332.309 WHITEHOUSE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  322.3 WHITEHOUSE    On Holdshelf
Description xxii, 257 pages ; 22 cm
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."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-239) and index.
Contents The Constitution's blind spot -- The growth of corporate power -- Where we are now -- What the corporate political machine wants: four short case studies -- The Powell memo and the corporate strategy -- Capture of the Court -- Capture of elections: Citizens United -- Capture of regulatory agencies -- Capture of the civil jury -- The denial machine -- Climate change and the "flies of summer" -- America's lamp in peril.
Subject Business and politics -- United States.
Corporations -- Political activity -- United States.
Democracy -- United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections.
Business and politics. (OCoLC)fst00842401
Corporations -- Political activity. (OCoLC)fst00879898
Democracy. (OCoLC)fst00890077
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Stinnett, Melanie Wachtell, author.
ISBN 9781620972076 hardcover
1620972077 hardcover
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