American business and political power [electronic resource] : public opinion, elections, and democracy / Mark A. Smith.
Series: Studies in communication, media, and public opinionPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2000.Description: xii, 245 p. : illISBN:- 0226764621 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226764648 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780226764641
- 9780226764658 (e-book)
- 322/.3/0973 21
- JK467 .S59 2000eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.