Corporate Power American Democracy And The Automobile Industry

Author : Stan Luger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521631734
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Power, American Democracy, and the Automobile Industry written by Stan Luger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical history of government policy toward the US automobile industry, assessing the impact of the large corporation on American democracy.

Author : Cotten Seiler
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226745651
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Republic of Drivers written by Cotten Seiler and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rising gas prices, sprawl and congestion, global warming, even obesity—driving is a factor in many of the most contentious issues of our time. So how did we get here? How did automobile use become so vital to the identity of Americans? Republic of Drivers looks back at the period between 1895 and 1961—from the founding of the first automobile factory in America to the creation of the Interstate Highway System—to find out how driving evolved into a crucial symbol of freedom and agency. Cotten Seiler combs through a vast number of historical, social scientific, philosophical, and literary sources to illustrate the importance of driving to modern American conceptions of the self and the social and political order. He finds that as the figure of the driver blurred into the figure of the citizen, automobility became a powerful resource for women, African Americans, and others seeking entry into the public sphere. And yet, he argues, the individualistic but anonymous act of driving has also monopolized our thinking about freedom and democracy, discouraging the crafting of a more sustainable way of life. As our fantasies of the open road turn into fears of a looming energy crisis, Seiler shows us just how we ended up a republic of drivers—and where we might be headed.

Author : Ralph Nader
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Power in America written by Ralph Nader and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of addresses by economics, political scientists and lawyers on proposals to restrain corporate power.

Author : James Hoopes
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813552044
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Dreams written by James Hoopes and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public trust in corporations plummeted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, when “Lehman Brothers” and “General Motors” became dirty words for many Americans. In Corporate Dreams, James Hoopes argues that Americans still place too much faith in corporations and, especially, in the idea of “values-based leadership” favored by most CEOs. The danger of corporations, he suggests, lies not just in their economic power, but also in how their confused and undemocratic values are infecting Americans’ visions of good governance. Corporate Dreams proposes that Americans need to radically rethink their relationships with big business and the government. Rather than buying into the corporate notion of “values-based leadership,” we should view corporate leaders with the same healthy suspicion that our democratic political tradition teaches us to view our political leaders. Unfortunately, the trend is moving the other way. Corporate notions of leadership are invading our democratic political culture when it should be the reverse. To diagnose the cause and find a cure for our toxic attachment to corporate models of leadership, Hoopes goes back to the root of the problem, offering a comprehensive history of corporate culture in America, from the Great Depression to today’s Great Recession. Combining a historian’s careful eye with an insider’s perspective on the business world, this provocative volume tracks changes in government economic policy, changes in public attitudes toward big business, and changes in how corporate executives view themselves. Whether examining the rise of Leadership Development programs or recounting JFK’s Pyrrhic victory over U.S. Steel, Hoopes tells a compelling story of how America lost its way, ceding authority to the policies and values of corporate culture. But he also shows us how it’s not too late to return to our democratic ideals—and that it’s not too late to restore the American dream.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing. Automobile Industry Task Force
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Automobile Industry and Its Impact Upon the Nation's Economy written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing. Automobile Industry Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing. Automobile Industry Task Force
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1292 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Automobile Industry and Its Impact Upon the Nation's Economy written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing. Automobile Industry Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 1292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ted Nace
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1576753190
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gangs of America written by Ted Nace and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2005-09-11 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Gangs of America' traces the evolution of the corporation, one of the core institutions of the modern world. It ties political debates about multi-national trade agreements, financial scandals and scores of other specific issues into the narrative account.

Author : Lee Vinsel
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421429667
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moving Violations written by Lee Vinsel and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive history of auto regulation in the United States. Regulation has shaped the evolution of the automobile from the beginning. In Moving Violations, Lee Vinsel shows that, contrary to popular opinion, these restrictions have not hindered technological change. Rather, by drawing together communities of scientific and technical experts, auto regulations have actually fostered innovation. Vinsel tracks the history of American auto regulation from the era of horseless carriages and the first, faltering efforts to establish speed limits in cities to recent experiments with self-driving cars. He examines how the government has tried to address car-related problems, from accidents to air pollution, and demonstrates that automotive safety, emissions, and fuel economy have all improved massively over time. Touching on fuel economy standards, the rise of traffic laws, the birth of drivers' education classes, and the science of distraction, he also describes how the government's changing activities have reshaped the automobile and its drivers, as well as the country's entire system of roadways and supporting technologies, including traffic lights and gas pumps. Moving Violations examines how policymakers, elected officials, consumer advocates, environmentalists, and other interested parties wrestled to control the negative aspects of American car culture while attempting to preserve what they saw as its positive contributions to society. Written in a clear, approachable, and jargon-free voice, Moving Violations will appeal to makers and analysts of policy, historians of science, technology, business, and the environment, and any readers interested in the history of cars and government.

Author : Stan Luger
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 142142259X
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What American Government Does written by Stan Luger and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What American Government Does represents a major contribution to the scholarly debate on the nature of the American state and the exercise of power in America.

Author : George A. Gonzalez
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0742575381
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Power and the Environment written by George A. Gonzalez and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2001-05-16 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental policy is broadly viewed as an oasis of democracy, unspoiled by crass capitalism and undominated by corporate interests. This book counters that view. The focus of Corporate Power and the Environment focuses on how U.S. economic elites—corporate decisionmakers and other individuals of substantial wealth—shape the content and implementation of U.S. environmental policy to their economic and political benefit. The author uses the management of the national forests and national parks, as well as wilderness preservation policies and federal clean air policies, as case studies to show corporate power in action in even the 'purest' of policy arenas.