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

• Autore: Waterhouse Benjamin C. <1978->
• Pubblicazione: Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2013
• Edizione: Course Book
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (365 p.)
• Disciplina: 324/.4097309045
• Soggetto topico: Business and politics - United States - History - 20th century; Corporations - Political activity - United States - History - 20th century; Lobbying - United States - History - 20th century; Political action committees - United States - History - 20th century; Pressure groups - United States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- 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 -- Chapter 7. A Tale of Two Tax Cuts -- Chapter 8. Every Man His Own Lobbyist -- Epilogue: American Politics, American Business -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: Lobbying America tells the story of the political mobilization of American business in the 1970's and 1980's. 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 policy agenda to Congress and the country at large. Arguing that business's political involvement was historically distinctive during this period, Waterhouse illustrates the changing power and goals of America's top corporate leaders. Examining the rise of the Business Roundtable and the revitalization of older business associations such as the National Association of Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Waterhouse takes readers inside the mind-set of the powerful CEO's who responded to the crises of inflation, recession, and declining industrial productivity by organizing an effective and disciplined lobbying force. By the mid-1970s, that coalition transformed the economic power of the capitalist class into a broad-reaching political movement with real policy consequences. Ironically, the cohesion that characterized organized business failed to survive the ascent of conservative politics during the 1980's, and many of the coalition's top goals on regulatory and fiscal policies remained unfulfilled. The industrial CEOs who fancied themselves the "voice of business" found themselves one voice among many vying for influence in an increasingly turbulent and unsettled economic landscape. Complicating assumptions that wealthy business leaders naturally get their way in Washington, Lobbying America shows how economic and political powers interact in the American democratic system.
• Titolo autorizzato: Lobbying America
• ISBN: 1-4008-4817-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453291303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century America