Captured
eBook - ePub

Captured

The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy

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eBook - ePub

Captured

The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy

About this book

A leading member of the Senate Judiciary Committee "spells out, in considerable detail, the extent of corporate influence over a variety of issues" in national politics (The New Yorker)

As a U.S. senator and former federal prosecutor, Sheldon Whitehouse has had a front-row seat for the spectacle of dark money in government. In his widely praised book Captured, he describes how corporations buy influence over our governmentā€” not only over representatives and senators, but over the very regulators directly responsible for enforcing the laws under which these corporations operate, and over the judges and prosecutors who are supposed to be vigilant about protecting the public interest.

In a case study that shows these operations at work, Whitehouse reveals how fossil fuel companies have held any regulation related to climate change at bay. The problem is structural: as Kirkus Reviews wrote, "many of the ills it illuminates are bipartisan."

This paperback edition features a new preface by the author that reveals how corporate influence has taken advantage of Donald Trump's presidency to advance its agendaā€”and what we can do about it.

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Yes, you can access Captured by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse,Melanie Wachtell Stinnett in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Political Campaigns & Elections. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface to the Paperback Edition
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter One: The Constitutionā€™s Blind Spot
  9. Chapter Two: The Growth of Corporate Power
  10. Chapter Three: Where We Are Now
  11. Chapter Four: What the Corporate Political Machine Wants: Four Short Case Studies
  12. Chapter Five: The Powell Memo and the Corporate Strategy
  13. Chapter Six: Capture of the Court
  14. Chapter Seven: Capture of Elections: Citizens United
  15. Chapter Eight: Capture of Regulatory Agencies
  16. Chapter Nine: Capture of the Civil Jury
  17. Chapter Ten: The Denial Machine
  18. Chapter Eleven: Climate Change and the ā€œFlies of Summerā€
  19. Chapter Twelve: Americaā€™s Lamp in Peril
  20. Postscript
  21. Authorā€™s Note
  22. Acknowledgments
  23. Notes
  24. Index
  25. About the Authors
  26. Celebrating 25 Years of Independent Publishing