The Conspicuous Corporation: Business, Public Policy, and Representative Democracy.(Review) (book review)

The Conspicuous Corporation: Business, Public Policy, and Representative Democracy. By Neil J. Mitchell. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997. 249p. $42.50.

Neil Mitchell's book about the role of business in democratic politics belongs on the same shelf as the works by Charles Lindblom, David Vogel, Thomas Ferguson, and Michael Useem. His analysis of the political dynamics of business seeks to improve upon existing theories by examining business defeats in the policy process and the decision framework of elected officials who contribute to those defeats.

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