CAPTURED: THE CORPORATE INFILTRATION OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Book ID/图书代码： 12861016B97796
English Summary/英文概要： In Captured, U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor Sheldon Whitehouse offers an eye-opening take on what corporate influence looks like today from the Senate Floor, adding a first-hand perspective to Jane Mayer’s Dark Money.
Americans know something is wrong in their government. Senator Whitehouse combines history, legal scholarship, and personal experiences to provide the first hands-on, comprehensive explanation of what’s gone wrong, exposing multiple avenues through which our government has been infiltrated and disabled by corporate powers. Captured reveals an original oversight by the Founders, and shows how and why corporate power has exploited that vulnerability: to strike fear in elected representatives who don’t “get right” by threatening million-dollar "dark money" election attacks (a threat more effective and less expensive than the actual attack); to stack the judiciary—even the Supreme Court—in "business-friendly" ways; to "capture” the administrative agencies meant to regulate corporate behavior; to undermine the civil jury, the Constitution’s last bastion for ordinary citizens; and to create a corporate "alternate reality" on public health and safety issues like climate change.
Captured shows that in this centuries-long struggle between corporate power and individual liberty, we can and must take our American government back into our own hands.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在本书中，美国议员和前联邦公诉人Sheldon Whitehouse提出了令人大开眼界的观点，谈论了大企业如何通过议员影响了今日美国，为Jane Mayer的《Dark Money》一书增加了第一手的资料。
美国人都觉得自己的政府有点问题。议员Whitehouse将历史、法律研究和个人经验融合在一起，提供了一种综合的解释来说明究竟哪里不对，通过多种途径来说明美国政府已经被大企业绑架和绳头了。本书中他透露了那些建国之父们其实忽略了这种可能，导致大企业的力量已经能够震撼到当选的政府，假如他们的行为“不当”，那么他们的选举过程中将损失数以百万计算的“黑钱”，而且通过“亲商业”的方式绑架了司法体系甚至最高法院还有那些原本应该监控企业行为的政府机构，最终的结果是让宪法最后的捍卫者：陪审团的作用也降低了，开创了企业在公共卫生和安全事务方面与气候变化类似的“交替现实”。
本书呈现了企业力量和个人自由之间已经历经几个世纪的斗争，我们应该也必须要将美国的政府夺回自己的手里。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：Sheldon Whitehouse是最受尊敬且思想进步的议员之一。他的努力和热情使他在捍卫美国民主方面具有极大的影响力。（Elizabeth Warren议员）
气候积极分子们以及那些真正认为气候变化是一个问题的人都很热爱Sheldon Whitehouse议员。（Think Progress）
"Sheldon Whitehouse is one of the most respected and thoughtful progressives in the Senate. His energy and enthusiasm make him a powerful voice in defending our American democracy against the relentless, pervasive—and often hidden—power of corporate special interests."—Senator Elizabeth Warren
“An extraordinarily intelligent and wide-ranging critique of the current state of our political and economic affairs. This book reminds me distinctly of the great muckraking texts of the progressive era—texts that really shook up the status quo in the American polity and economy. And I truly believe that this book has the potential to be one of those much needed historic calls-to-action…Bravo!”—William Novak, Charles F. and Edith J. Clyne Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
“For climate activists—or really anyone who thinks climate change is a problem—there’s a lot to love about Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.”—Think Progress
About the Author/作者介绍： Sheldon Whitehouse是美国罗德岛的议员。他曾任联邦政府和州政府公诉人、商业监管机构负责人以及法庭诉讼人、环保倡议人、政府改革者等等。住在波士顿的作家Melanie Wachtell Stinnett曾是Tobin项目的政策和公关负责人。
Sheldon Whitehouse represents Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate. He has served as a federal and state prosecutor, business regulator, courtroom litigator, environmental advocate, and government reformer. Boston-based writer
Melanie Wachtell Stinnett is a former Director of Policy & Communications for the Tobin Project.
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