The New Entrepreneurial Advocacy: Silicon Valley Elites in American Politics

ISBN-13: 9780190883003 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 280 str.

Darren R. Halpin; Anthony J. Nownes

Recenzje

Providing a wealth of information on the leaders of our information age, The New Entrepreneurial Advocacy is a very welcome addition to the literature on business and politics. Halpin and Nownes have compiled original data on how the men and women running Silicon Valley seek to influence and bring pressure to bear on those running the country. Departing from the more conventional focus on firm political activities, this book examines the various ways those in charge distribute their efforts across the political spectrum. Companies that contribute to campaigns tend to have CEOs who contribute, but not necessarily to the same recipient. This work is empirical and contemporary, but it raises age-old issues for democratic theorists. Perhaps it gives nuance to E.E. Schattschneider's 'flaw in the pluralist heaven,' if there are liberal as well as conservative voices in the heavenly chorus?

O autorze

Darren R. Halpin is Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University in Canberra. He researches the organization of interests and interest representation in the policy process in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and comparatively. He is co-editor of the international journal Interest Groups and Advocacy and founding director of the Policy Advocacy Lab. Anthony J. Nownes is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee. His research interests include lobbying, non-profit advocacy, and celebrity politics. His latest book is Organizing for Transgender Rights.