Shadow elite : how the world's new power brokers undermine democracy, government, and the free market / Janine R. Wedel.
Many people today feel that they're swimming in a sea of corruption. Who is really in charge? Why do the same people reappear under various professional identities, pressing a suspect agenda in one influential venue after another? According to award-winning public policy expert Janine Wedel, th...
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| Other title: | How the world's new power brokers undermine democracy, government, and the free market |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Basic Books,
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| Summary: | Many people today feel that they're swimming in a sea of corruption. Who is really in charge? Why do the same people reappear under various professional identities, pressing a suspect agenda in one influential venue after another? According to award-winning public policy expert Janine Wedel, these are the "shadow elite," and they are both powerful and dangerous. In Shadow Elite, Wedel teaches us to recognize and understand how this new group blurs and erases the boundaries between government, private, and nonprofit organizations--all to their own benefit. The shadow elite ultimately answer only. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780465020843 0465020844 9780465091065 0465091067 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |