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Author Bernhagen, Patrick.

Title The political power of business : structure and information in public policymaking / Patrick Bernhagen.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 180 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Routledge research in comparative politics ; 21
Routledge research in comparative politics ; 21.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-174) and index.
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.
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Subject Business and politics.
Business and politics.
Corporations -- Political activity.
Corporations -- Political activity.
Industrial policy.
Industrial policy.
Political planning.
Political planning.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Bernhagen, Patrick. Political power of business. London ; New York : Routledge, 2007 9780415451055 0415451051 (DLC) 2007029648 (OCoLC)156902312
ISBN 9780203932612 (electronic book)
0203932617 (electronic book)
0415451051 (Cloth)
9780415451055 (hardback ; alkaline paper)