| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
x, 398 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-377) and index. |
| Contents |
A scandal for our time -- Looking down on the Capitol -- The art of self-invention -- A Washington that worked -- A new kind of business -- Corrupt or correct? -- Earmarks become routine -- A great awakening -- A marriage unravels -- New American politics -- A money machine -- Disaster averted -- Tricks of the lobbying trade -- The new technology of politics -- Disorder in the house -- Becoming a conglomerate -- Influencing policy for profit -- Public service, private rewards -- Radical ends, radical means -- Cash cow on the Potomac -- Elections bought and sold -- Government broken by politics -- Hard times -- A corroded culture. |
| Summary |
The story of the monumental growth of lobbying in Washington, D.C., and how it undermines effective government and pollutes our politics. |
| Subject |
Lobbying -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
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Lobbying -- Corrupt practices. |
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United States. |
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Lobbying. |
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United States. Congress -- Ethics.
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United States. Congress. |
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Ethics. |
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Political corruption -- United States.
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Political corruption. |
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Cassidy, Gerald S. J.
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Cassidy, Gerald S. J. |
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United States -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
| ISBN |
9780307266545 |
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0307266540 |
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