Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion
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Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion

Public Opinion, Elections, and Democracy

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Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion

Public Opinion, Elections, and Democracy

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Most people believe that large corporations wield enormous political power when they lobby for policies as a cohesive bloc. With this controversial book, Mark A. Smith sets conventional wisdom on its head. In a systematic analysis of postwar lawmaking, Smith reveals that business loses in legislative battles unless it has public backing. This surprising conclusion holds because the types of issues that lead businesses to band together—such as tax rates, air pollution, and product liability—also receive the most media attention. The ensuing debates give citizens the information they need to hold their representatives accountable and make elections a choice between contrasting policy programs.Rather than succumbing to corporate America, Smith argues, representatives paradoxically become more responsive to their constituents when facing a united corporate front. Corporations gain the most influence over legislation when they work with organizations such as think tanks to shape Americans' beliefs about what government should and should not do.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780226764658
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Politics
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Tables and Figures
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. 1. Introduction
  5. 2. Business Unity and Its Consequences for Representative Democracy
  6. 3. Identifying Business Unity
  7. 4. A Portrait of Unifying Issues
  8. 5. Public Opinion, Elections, and Lawmaking
  9. 6. Overt Sources of Business Power
  10. 7. Structural Sources of Business Power
  11. 8. The Role of Business in Shaping Public Opinion
  12. 9. The Compatibility of Business Unity and Popular Sovereignty
  13. Appendix A: Additional Coding Rules Used to Uncover Positions of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  14. Appendix B: The Potential for Feedback between Policy and Opinion
  15. References
  16. Index