Grassroots for Hire

Name: Grassroots for Hire
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107619012
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Public Affairs Consultants in American Democracy

Автор: Edward T. Walker

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: Cambridge University Press

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Although 'grassroots' conjures up images of independent citizen organizing, much mass participation...

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Автор

Edward T. Walker

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2014

страници

300

EAN

9781107619012

ISBN

1107619017

Enbook ID

02079505

Издател

Cambridge University Press

Теглоt

428

Размери

168 x 232 x 16

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Although 'grassroots' conjures up images of independent citizen organizing, much mass participation today is sponsored by elite consultants working for corporations and powerful interest groups. This book pulls back the curtain to reveal a lucrative industry of consulting firms that incentivize public activism as a marketable service. Edward Walker illustrates how, spurred by the post-sixties advocacy explosion and rising business political engagement, elite consultants have deployed new technologies to commercialize mass participation. Using evidence from interviews, surveys and public records, Grassroots for Hire paints a detailed portrait of these consultants and their clients. Today, Fortune 500 firms hire them to counter-mobilize against regulation, protest or controversy. Ironically, some advocacy groups now outsource organizing to them. Walker also finds that consultants are reshaping both participation and policymaking, but unethical 'astroturf' strategies are often ineffective. This pathbreaking book calls for a rethinking of interactions between corporations, advocacy groups, and elites in politics.

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