Lobbying America : The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA /

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Lobbying America tells the story of the political mobilization of American business in the 1970s and 1980s. Benjamin Waterhouse traces the rise and ultimate fragmentation of a broad-based effort to unify the business community and promote a fiscally conservative, antiregulatory, and market-oriented...

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Main Author: Waterhouse, Benjamin C., 1978-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pressure groups.
Political action committees.
Lobbying.
Corporations > Political activity.
Business and politics.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Affaires et politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Societes > Activite politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Comites d'action politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Lobbying > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Business and politics > United States > History > 20th century.
Corporations > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
Political action committees > United States > History > 20th century.
Pressure groups > United States > History > 20th century.
Lobbying > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: American Business, American Politics; Chapter 1: From Consensus to a Crisis of Confidence; Chapter 2: A New Life for Old Lobbies; Chapter 3: The Birth of the Business Roundtable; Chapter 4: Business, Labor, and the Politics of Inflation; Chapter 5: The Producer versus the Consumer; Chapter 6: Uncertain Victory: Big Business and the Politics of Regulatory Reform; Chapter 7: A Tale of Two Tax Cuts; Chapter 8: Every Man His Own Lobbyist; Epilogue: American Politics, American Business; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography.

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