{"product_id":"captured-sheldon-whitehouse-9781620974766","title":"Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA leading member of the Senate Judiciary Committee \"spells out, in considerable detail, the extent of corporate influence over a variety of issues\" in national politics (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs a U.S. senator and former federal prosecutor, Sheldon Whitehouse has had a front-row seat for the spectacle of dark money in government. In his widely praised book \u003cem\u003eCaptured\u003c\/em\u003e, he describes how corporations buy influence over our government-- not only over representatives and senators, but over the very regulators directly responsible for enforcing the laws under which these corporations operate, and over the judges and prosecutors who are supposed to be vigilant about protecting the public interest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a case study that shows these operations at work, Whitehouse reveals how fossil fuel companies have held any regulation related to climate change at bay. The problem is structural: as \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e wrote, \"many of the ills it illuminates are bipartisan.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis paperback edition features a new preface by the author that reveals how corporate influence has taken advantage of Donald Trump's presidency to advance its agenda--and what we can do about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheldon Whitehouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620974762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620974766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Sheldon Whitehouse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045076201727,"sku":"9781620974766","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cf4120e0-37e4-44ad-a5aa-e5c6d4cde6ea.jpg?v=1684976594","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/captured-sheldon-whitehouse-9781620974766","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}