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Author Bernhagen, Patrick.

Title The political power of business : structure and information in public policymaking / Patrick Bernhagen
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 180 pages)
Series Routledge research in comparative politics ; 21
Routledge research in comparative politics ; 21.
Contents 1. Introduction 2. Groups, Institutions, Networks, Ideology, or Structural Dependence: What Drives Business Power? 3. An Informational -- Structural Model of Business Power 4. Two Real-World Signalling Games 5. Reputation and Informativeness in Lobbying 6. Structure, Information, and Environmental Regulation 7. Conclusions: Information, Structure, and the Prospects for Democracy Under Capitalism
Summary Investigates to what extent business can get what it wants politically as firms and trade associations have a better understanding of the likely effects of policy than politicians and because their decisions partly determine these effects
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-174) and index
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Subject Business and politics.
Corporations -- Political activity.
Industrial policy.
Political planning.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
Business and politics
Corporations -- Political activity
Industrial policy
Political planning
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203932612
0203932617