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Hidden power : what you need to know to save our democracy / Charles Derber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Derber, Charles.
- Series:
- BK currents book.
- A BK currents book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business and politics--United States.
- Business and politics.
- Corporate power--United States.
- Corporate power.
- Democracy--United States.
- Democracy.
- Political participation--United States.
- Political participation.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Political 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
- Contents:
- 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 Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-310) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612300509
- 9781609943547
- 1609943546
- 9781282300507
- 1282300504
- 9781605092959
- 1605092959
- OCLC:
- 503463285
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