{"product_id":"selling-out-americas-democracy-alan-moss-9780313345517","title":"Selling Out America's Democracy: How Lobbyists, Special Interests, and Campaign Financing Undermine the Will of the People","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerica's historic greatness is in decline, subverted by moneyed special interests and their lobbyists who take advantage of our system of campaign financing to thwart the will of the people. Monuments to the impact of factions include inadequate efforts to curb global warming, infrequent increases in the minimum wage, no universal healthcare, unchecked inner-city crime, and limited stem cell research. Ineffective political leadership, corroded by special interest manipulation, has landed the nation in foreign intervention that takes American lives and spends obscene amounts of U.S. resources. Moss portrays the motivations and methods of those who corrupt our political system and betray the legitimate interests of the American people. He quantifies the gains reaped by beneficiaries of lobbyist successes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelling Out America's Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on Washington insiders who serve the interests of narrow factions that seek to control the national agenda. Telling interviews represent the views of Congressional and think tank staff, lobbyists, media experts, foreign diplomats, and nonprofit citizen advocacy groups. Moss concludes by advancing a program of policy changes calculated to revive our democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Moss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313345511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313345517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.54w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 203","brand":"Alan Moss","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46110628675839,"sku":"9780313345517","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6880df3a-6032-4494-8f37-b802bcf3fc05.jpg?v=1725469320","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selling-out-americas-democracy-alan-moss-9780313345517","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}