03179cam a2200409 i 450000100070000000500170000700800410002403500130006501000170007802000290009502000260012404000280015004200080017804300120018605000260019808200140022408400450023810000180028324501170030126400400041830000280045833600210048633700250050733800230053250000200055552016590057561000660223461000390230065000510233965000530239065000530244365000570249665000140255365000630256765000720263065000670270212109620230404125849.0140929s2015    nyu           001 0 eng    a18319969  a  2014038034  a9780812993288 (hardback)  z9780679645061 (ebook)  aDLCbengerdacDLCdDLC  apcc  an-us---14a002 HF 295bK19i 201500a381.06073  aPOL013000aPOL015000aPOL0070002bisacsh1 aKatz, Alyssa.14aThe influence machine :bthe U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the corporate capture of American life /cAlyssa Katz. 1aNew York :bSpiegel & Grau,c[2015]  axvi, 315 pages ;c25 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes index.  a"The United States now has three political parties, though only two of them are elected.The newest was founded a century ago, but just came to power in the last decade: It's the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the political party of the new American oligarchy. In this groundbreaking investigation of the big business takeover of the American political process, Alyssa Katz draws upon years of research to chronicle the rise to power of the organization and the oversized, combative personalities who lead it. The Chamber -- through its secret corporate sponsors, from Philip Morris to Exxon to Wal-Mart -- can take credit for some of the most disturbing trends in American life: the reversal of environmental protections, the buying of judgeships, the destruction of unions and worker protections, the rise of virulent anti-government ideology, the toxic role of campaign cash, and the creation of "astroturf" groups, culminating in the Tea Party, as cover for advancing a corporate agenda. Through its propaganda, lobbying, and campaign cash, the Chamber has created a right-wing monster that even it struggles to control, a conservative movement that is destabilizing American politics as never before. The Chamber tells this history as a series of gripping narratives that take us into the backrooms of Washington where the battles over how our country is run and regulated are fought, and then out into the real world where we see how the Chamber's campaigns play out in real lives. But in the end, Katz also points to the possibility of reversing the influence of the Chamber and its affiliated groups, and fixing our democracy"--cProvided by publisher.20aChamber of Commerce of the United States of AmericaxHistory.10aUnited States.bCongressxHistory. 0aBusiness and politicszUnited StatesxHistory. 0aPower (Social sciences)zUnited StatesxHistory. 4aNegocios y políticazEstados UnidosxHistoria. 4aPoder (Ciencias Sociales)zEstados UnidosxHistoria. 4a20151000. 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.2bisacsh 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties.2bisacsh 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy.2bisacsh