LEADER 03488nam 22007934a 450 001 9910957857203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612300509 010 $a9781609943547 010 $a1609943546 010 $a9781282300507 010 $a1282300504 010 $a9781605092959 010 $a1605092959 035 $a(CKB)2550000000007108 035 $a(EBL)483746 035 $a(OCoLC)503463285 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000298581 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11232624 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000298581 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10364419 035 $a(PQKB)11430579 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL483746 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10315363 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL230050 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781605092959 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC483746 035 $a(OCoLC)776149038 035 $a(OCoLC)ocn776149038 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88806882 035 $a(FRCYB88806882)88806882 035 $a(Perlego)1248739 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000007108 100 $a20241012d2005 u| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHidden power $ewhat you need to know to save our democracy /$fCharles Derber 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSan Francisco $cBerrett-Koehler Publishers$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 225 1 $aA BK currents book 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781576753453 311 08$a157675345X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 288-310) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Author 330 $aPolitical parties and elections are increasingly political theatre, with real power hidden behind a smokescreen of propaganda, carefully manipulated cultural and religious wars, and voting rituals. But there is another kind of hidden power in America: the grassroots social movements working for progressive change. If the Democratic Party can ally with these movements, America can be returned to its people.Derber sees American history as a succession of regimes, each spanning several administrations. Since the end of the Civil War, regimes of hidden power, in which corporate interests control b 410 0$aBK currents book. 606 $aBusiness and politics$zUnited States 606 $aCorporate power$zUnited States 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States 606 $aPolitical participation$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 615 0$aBusiness and politics 615 0$aCorporate power 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aPolitical participation 676 $a320.973/09/0511 700 $aDerber$b Charles$0793175 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957857203321 996 $aHidden power$94340583 997 $aUNINA