03488nam 22007934a 450 991095785720332120200520144314.09786612300509978160994354716099435469781282300507128230050497816050929591605092959(CKB)2550000000007108(EBL)483746(OCoLC)503463285(SSID)ssj0000298581(PQKBManifestationID)11232624(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000298581(PQKBWorkID)10364419(PQKB)11430579(Au-PeEL)EBL483746(CaPaEBR)ebr10315363(CaONFJC)MIL230050(CaSebORM)9781605092959(MiAaPQ)EBC483746(OCoLC)776149038(OCoLC)ocn776149038 (FR-PaCSA)88806882(FRCYB88806882)88806882(Perlego)1248739(EXLCZ)99255000000000710820241012d2005 u| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrHidden power 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.9781576753453 157675345X 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 governmentBusiness and politicsCorporate powerDemocracyPolitical participation320.973/09/0511Derber Charles793175MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957857203321Hidden power4340583UNINA