{"product_id":"captured-the-corporate-infiltration-of-american-democracy-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheldon Whitehouse\u003c\/b\u003e represents Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate. He has served as his state's United States Attorney and as the state Attorney General, as well as its top business regulator. Sheldon worked for years as a young staff lawyer in the Attorney General's office. He has been a successful and unsuccessful political candidate, held several senior staff positions for a governor, run local referendum races, and been a longtime environmental advocate. He has led government reforms, most significantly an overhaul of the state workers compensation system, a \"separation of powers\" constitutional reform, and an opening of state pension records. He has practiced law, tried cases to a jury, argued appeals (including in the United States Supreme Court), and litigated in federal and state administrative agencies. Sheldon grew up in a Foreign Service family. He lives in Newport with his wife, a marine scientist, and his grown children when they visit.\u003cb\u003eMelanie Wachtell Stinnett\u003c\/b\u003e is a Boston-based writer and former Director of Policy and Communications at the Tobin Project. She has previously published on regulatory policy and Supreme Court litigation trends.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607013331218,"sku":"9781620974766","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d3925d46-2eac-486d-a505-6b7092cec1f9.jpg?v=1732302934","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/captured-the-corporate-infiltration-of-american-democracy-9781620974766","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}