{"product_id":"captured-sheldon-whitehouse-9781620972076","title":"Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA U.S. senator, leading the fight against money in politics, chronicles the long shadow corporate power has cast over our democracy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCaptured\u003c\/i\u003e, U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor Sheldon Whitehouse offers an eye-opening take on what corporate influence looks like today from the Senate Floor, adding a first-hand perspective to Jane Mayer's \u003ci\u003eDark Money\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmericans know something is wrong in their government. Senator Whitehouse combines history, legal scholarship, and personal experiences to provide the first hands-on, comprehensive explanation of what's gone wrong, exposing multiple avenues through which our government has been infiltrated and disabled by corporate powers. \u003ci\u003eCaptured\u003c\/i\u003e reveals an original oversight by the Founders, and shows how and why corporate power has exploited that vulnerability: to strike fear in elected representatives who don't \"get right\" by threatening million-dollar \"dark money\" election attacks (a threat more effective and less expensive than the actual attack); to stack the judiciary--even the Supreme Court--in \"business-friendly\" ways; to \"capture\" the administrative agencies meant to regulate corporate behavior; to undermine the civil jury, the Constitution's last bastion for ordinary citizens; and to create a corporate \"alternate reality\" on public health and safety issues like climate change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaptured\u003c\/i\u003e shows that in this centuries-long struggle between corporate power and individual liberty, we can and must take our American government back into our own hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheldon Whitehouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620972077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620972076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2016","brand":"Sheldon Whitehouse","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43984672096511,"sku":"9781620972076","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0512a2b9-1765-4edc-9f4c-8c1c14d9037a.jpg?v=1683273596","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/captured-sheldon-whitehouse-9781620972076","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}