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02401aam a2200421 i 4500 001 4B6F775AB4A811ECBDCF981B5BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220405011336 008 210903s2022 mdua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021032089 020 $a 1538151251 020 $a 9781538151259 035 $a (OCoLC)1268122064 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d MNX $d GO6 $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK1726 R35 2022 100 1 $a Raidt, John, $d 1960- $e author. 245 10 $a Politics Inc. : $b America's troubled democracy and how to fix it / $c John Raidt ; foreword by General James N. Mattis. 246 3 $a Politics Incorporated 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2022] 300 $a xv, 247 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Foreword / General James N. Mattis -- Preface -- The System Is Blinking Red -- Politics Incorporated (Power Gear) -- Endless and Dirty Campaigns (Tactics Gear) -- Money Chase (Financial Gear) -- Running in Place (Structural Gear) -- Suffering Suffrage (Structural Gear) -- Laws and Sausages (Structural Gear) -- Mercenary Media (Media Gear) -- High Tech and Low Down (Technology Gear) -- We the Problem (Cultural Gear) -- The Casualty of Virtues -- The American Evolution. 520 $a "The book examines the dynamics driving the country's deeply troubled political culture and highlights reforms needed in the post-Trump era to strengthen US democracy. The author paints a clear and sobering portrait of a mercenary election industry and its support structure tailored to perpetuate and exploit America's social and political division"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Democracy $z United States. 650 0 $a Liberty. 650 0 $a Political culture $z United States. 650 0 $a Elections $x Corrupt practices $z United States. 650 0 $a Voting $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Raidt, John, 1960- $t Politics Inc. $d Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021] $z 9781538151266 $w (DLC) 2021032090 941 $a 3 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20231230010040.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231205013104.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117032217.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4B6F775AB4A811ECBDCF981B5BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search