Corporate Power, American Democracy, and the Automobile Industry

Zusammenfassung A critical history of government policy toward the US automobile industry! assessing the impact of the large corporation on American democracy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Studying power in America; 2. The structure of the auto industry; 3. Corporate political hegemony and its decline: 1916-66; 4. The politics of compromise: 1967-78; 5. The resurgence of corporate power: 1979-81; 6. The triumph of corporate power: regulatory policy, 1981-8; 7. The triumph of corporate power: trade policy, 1981-5; 8. Interregnum: 1989-96; Conclusion: corporate power and American democracy; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Stan Luger, Stan (University of Northern Colorado) Luger, Luger Stan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2005
• EAN: 9780521023610
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02361-0
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Automobile Industry, United States of America, USA, Road vehicle manufacturing industry, Vehicle and transport manufacturing industries