Lee Drutman - The Business of America is Lobbying

The Business of America is Lobbying

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Steven Teles

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Drutman, Lee, 1961

The business of America is lobbying : how corporations became politicized and politics became more corporate / Lee Drutman.

p. cm.

ISBN 9780190215538 (ebook)

1. Business and politicsUnited States. 2. CorporationsPolitical activityUnited States. 3. LobbyingUnited States. I. Title.

JK467.D78 2015