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Author:

Kaiser, Robert G., 1943-

Title:

So damn much money : the triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of American government / Robert G. Kaiser.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

x, 398 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Lobbying--Corrupt practices--United States.
United States.--Congress--Ethics.
Political corruption--United States.
Cassidy, Gerald S. J.
United States--Politics and government.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [356]-377) and index. "A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

Contents:

A scandal for our time -- Looking down on the Capitol -- The art of self-invention -- A Washington that worked -- A new kind of business -- Corrupt or correct? -- Earmarks become routine -- A great awakening -- A marriage unravels -- New American politics -- A money machine -- Disaster averted -- Tricks of the lobbying trade -- The new technology of politics -- Disorder in the house -- Becoming a conglomerate -- Influencing policy for profit -- Public service, private rewards -- Radical ends, radical means -- Cash cow on the Potomac -- Elections bought and sold -- Government broken by politics -- Hard times -- A corroded culture.

Summary:

The story of the monumental growth of lobbying in Washington, D.C., and how it undermines effective government and pollutes our politics.

ISBN:

0307266540
9780307266545

LCCN:

2008033862

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

VMPC334 -- West Union Community Library (West Union)