Bessette Pitney Text

Bessette/Pitney’s AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS: DELIBERATION, DEMOCRACY AND CITIZENSHIP reviews the idea of "deliberative democracy." Building on the book, this blog offers insights, analysis, and facts about recent events.

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

Podesta Falls

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Our textbook discusses lobbyist Tony Podesta . Since publication, however, he has fallen on hard times. His wife and partner divorced him...

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Podesta Abides

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Mike Allen at Axios: Heather Podesta tells me she got the idea for her lobbying firm 's new name from the archbishop, while she was wa...

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Think Tanks and Corporate Money

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Our textbook explains that corporations try to influence public policy by supporting friendly think tanks. The New York Times offers a...

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

The Revolving Door of Lobbyists and Staffers

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LegiStorm reports : Former lobbyists currently working on the congressional payroll helping to craft legislation significantly outnumber ...

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Podesta Bundling

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Our chapter on interest groups has a photo essay on the powerful Podesta family . And the Podestas are again in the news, as iWatch News re...

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Podesta

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Our text has a photo essay on the Podesta family, prominent in the interest group community. A June 2 post described Heather Podesta's...

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Podesta Power

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Chapter 9 of the book has a photo essay on the Podesta family. An item in today's Politico gives a hint of the family's wide-rangi...

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