{"product_id":"inside-job-mark-a-zupan-9781316607770","title":"Inside Job: How Government Insiders Subvert the Public Interest","description":"National decline is typically blamed on special interests from the demand side of politics corrupting a country's institutions. The usual demand-side suspects include crony capitalists, consumer activists, economic elites, and labor unions. Less attention is given to government insiders on the supply side of politics - rulers, elected officials, bureaucrats, and public employees. In autocracies and democracies, government insiders have the motive, means, and opportunity to co-opt political power for their benefit and at the expense of national well-being. Many storied empires have succumbed to such inside jobs. Today, they imperil countries as different as China and the United States. Democracy - government by the people - does not ensure government for the people. Understanding how government insiders use their power to subvert the public interest - and how these negative consequences can be mitigated - is the topic of this book by Mark A. Zupan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark A. Zupan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1316607771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781316607770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.09h x 6.08w x 0.74d","brand":"Mark A. Zupan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44365448904959,"sku":"9781316607770","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_315a09e0-a557-46a2-bd2f-28808617b324.jpg?v=1697058577","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inside-job-mark-a-zupan-9781316607770","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}