Lobbying America : the politics of business from Nixon to NAFTA / Benjamin C. Waterhouse.

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:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Series:Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
Subjects:
Lobbying > United States > History > 20th century.
Pressure groups > United States > History > 20th century.
Political action committees > United States > History > 20th century.
Corporations > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
Business and politics > United States > History > 20th century.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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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