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Shadow Elite: HOW THE WORLD'S NEW POWER BROKERS UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY, GOVERNMENT,AND THE FREE MARKET Paperback – April 5, 2011

by Janine R. Wedel (Author)
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It can feel like we're swimming in a sea of corruption. It's unclear who exactly is in charge and what role they play. The same influential people seem to reappear time after time in different professional guises, pressing their own agendas in one venue after another. According to award-winning public policy scholar and anthropologist Janine Wedel, these are the powerful "shadow elite," the main players in a vexing new system of power and influence.

In this groundbreaking book, Wedel charts how this shadow elite, loyal only to their own, challenge both governments'; rules of accountability and business codes of competition to accomplish their own goals. From the Harvard economists who helped privatize post-Soviet Russia and the neoconservatives who have helped privatize American foreign policy (culminating with the debacle that is Iraq) to the many private players who daily make public decisions without public input, these manipulators both grace the front pages and operate behind the scenes. Wherever they maneuver, they flout once-sacrosanct boundaries between state and private.

Profoundly original, Shadow Elite gives us the tools we need to recognize these powerful yet elusive players and comprehend the new system. Nothing less than our ability for self-government and our freedom are at stake.
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  1. Print length
    303 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    April 5, 2011
  4. Grade level
    11 and up
  5. Reading age
    13 years and up
  6. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.69 x 8.25 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0465022014
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0465022014
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Janine R. Wedel is a Professor in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University and a Fellow at the New America Foundation. Her previous books include Collision and Collusion. She lives in Washington, D.C.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Basic Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 5, 2011
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 303 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0465022014
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0465022014
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.69 x 8.25 inches
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 11 and up
  • Best Sellers Rank: #489,719 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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