{"product_id":"corporate-power-american-democracy-and-the-automobile-industry-hardback-9780521631730","title":"Corporate Power, American Democracy, and the Automobile Industry (Hardback) 9780521631730","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCorporate Power, American Democracy, and the Automobile Industry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA critical history of government policy toward the US automobile industry, assessing the impact of the large corporation on American democracy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStan Luger (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521631730, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 December 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e218 pages, 1 b\/w illus.  2 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.8 x 16.1 x 2 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...a scholarly study of the history of the power and influence of the automobile industry on governmental policies and the interactions of government, automobile industry, and societal pressures...the author does a creditable job of presenting the material. For readers interested in policymaking with respect to the automobile industry, it is a jolly good read.\"    The Flying Lady, Rolls-Royce Owners' Club.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book offers a critical history of government policy toward the US automobile industry in order to assess the impact of the large corporation on American democracy. It offers the first book-length treatment of the power of the nation's largest industry. Drawing together the main policy issues affecting the automobile industry over the past forty years - occupant safety, emissions, fuel economy and trade - the work examines how the industry established its hegemony over the public perception of vehicle safety to inhibit federal regulation and the battle for federal regulation which succeeded in toppling this hegemony in 1966; the subsequent efforts to include pollution emissions and fuel economy under federal mandates in the 1970s; the industry's resurgence of influence in the 1980s; and the mixed pattern of influence in the 1990s. The analysis seeks to uncover factors that enhance corporate political influence, and those that constrain corporate power, allowing for public interest forces to be successful.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Studying power in America\u003cbr\u003e 2. The structure of the auto industry\u003cbr\u003e 3. Corporate political hegemony and its decline: 1916–66\u003cbr\u003e 4. The politics of compromise: 1967–78\u003cbr\u003e 5. The resurgence of corporate power: 1979–81\u003cbr\u003e 6. The triumph of corporate power: regulatory policy, 1981–8\u003cbr\u003e 7. The triumph of corporate power: trade policy, 1981–5\u003cbr\u003e 8. Interregnum: 1989–96\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: corporate power and American democracy\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Road vehicle manufacturing industry [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Road vehicle manufacturing industry\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Road%20vehicle%20manufacturing%20industry%20%5BKNDR%5D%22\"\u003eKNDR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005929050392,"sku":"9780521631730","price":74.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521631730i_f667a8c9-0277-4738-9673-381facce804e.jpg?v=1691379250","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/corporate-power-american-democracy-and-the-automobile-industry-hardback-9780521631730","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}