03232nam 22006854a 450 991045696610332120200520144314.01-282-30050-497866123005091-60509-295-9(CKB)2550000000007108(EBL)483746(OCoLC)503463285(SSID)ssj0000298581(PQKBManifestationID)11232624(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000298581(PQKBWorkID)10364419(PQKB)11430579(MiAaPQ)EBC483746(CaSebORM)9781605092959(Au-PeEL)EBL483746(CaPaEBR)ebr10315363(CaONFJC)MIL230050(EXLCZ)99255000000000710820050328d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHidden power[electronic resource] what you need to know to save our democracy /Charles Derber1st ed.San Francisco Berrett-Koehler Publishersc20051 online resource (337 p.)A BK currents bookDescription based upon print version of record.1-57675-345-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-310) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Who Really Rules America; CHAPTER 1 American Regimes; CHAPTER 2 The Powers That Be; CHAPTER 3 The Rules of Change; CHAPTER 4 Cracks in the Regime; CHAPTER 5 Black Magic; CHAPTER 6 Fascism Lite; CHAPTER 7 The American Recipe for Change; CHAPTER 8 What's the Matter with the Democrats?; CHAPTER 9 A Cure for the Blues; CHAPTER 10 Saving Democracy; Appendix I: What You Can Do Now; Appendix II: Organizations to Join; Appendix III: Magazines; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the AuthorPolitical parties and elections are increasingly political theatre, with real power hidden behind a smokescreen of propaganda, carefully manipulated cultural and religious wars, and voting rituals. But there is another kind of hidden power in America: the grassroots social movements working for progressive change. If the Democratic Party can ally with these movements, America can be returned to its people.Derber sees American history as a succession of regimes, each spanning several administrations. Since the end of the Civil War, regimes of hidden power, in which corporate interests control bBK currents book.Business and politicsUnited StatesCorporate powerUnited StatesDemocracyUnited StatesPolitical participationUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and governmentElectronic books.Business and politicsCorporate powerDemocracyPolitical participation320.973/09/0511Derber Charles793175MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456966103321Hidden power1900963UNINA