Phantom Democracy: Corporate Interests and Political Power in America

by Carl Boggs

In a powerful new book, Boggs traces the historical evolution of American politics by focusing on the gradual triumph of corporate and military power over democratic institutions and practices. The consequences of expanding United States global presence since World War II--involving an integrated and interwoven system of power based in the permanent war economy, national security-state, and corporate interests--has meant erosion of democratic politics,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230115748
• ISBN13: 9780230115743
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"