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POLITICS, LAW, AND GOVERNMENT

Big Oil in On Behalf of
the United States the President

Industry Influence on Presidential Spouses
Institutions, Policy, and White House
and Politics Communications
Strategy Today
JERRY A. MCBEATH
“ Deeply probing, LAUREN A. WRIGHT
This study is vital to
comprehensive,
and especially well- “ understanding how
June 2016 researched. . . Highly April 2016 the White House really
”
299pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 recommended! 198pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 works.
Print: 978-1-4408-3742-5 ” Print: 978-1-4408-4859-9
$60.00, £47.00, €55.00 —Thomas E. Cronin, McHugh $48.00, £37.00, €44.00 —Mike McCurry, Former White
eBook: 978-1-4408-3743-2 Professor of American Institutions eBook: 978-1-4408-4860-5 House Press Secretary, 1995–98,
and Leadership, Colorado College, December 2, 2015
January 29, 2016
White House expert Lauren A. Wright identifies, explains, and
This book explains how and why large oil-producing measures the impact of the expanding role of presidential
corporations have affected government institutions, energy spouses in the White House and presidential campaign
policy, and politics in the United States—and suggests how communications strategy, with a focus on the Clinton, Bush,
their influence can be reduced. and Obama administrations.

JERRY A. MCBEATH is professor of political science emeritus at LAUREN A. WRIGHT, PhD, is director of investor relations
the University of Alaska Fairbanks. at NV5 Global, Inc., and a board member of the White House
Transition Project.

Pay-to-Play Politics Praeger Handbook
How Money Defines the of Political
American Democracy Campaigning
in the United States
HEATH BROWN
“ A clear-headed and well- 2 VOLUMES
reasoned account of how
people can reclaim their WILLIAM L. BENOIT, EDITOR
future. I highly recommend “ Many authors provide
this book for all concerned excellent literature
about democracy. reviews that students
April 2016 ” might find useful in their
188pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 —Darrell M. West, Vice February 2016 research. Some chapters
Print: 978-1-4408-5005-9 President of Governance Studies, 604pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 contain original research;
$37.00, £29.00, €34.00 Brookings Institution, Print: 978-1-4408-3162-1
eBook: 978-1-4408-5006-6 December 17, 2015 $131.00, £101.00, €120.00 several were written by
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Pay-to-Play Politics examines money and politics from Recommended.
different angles to understand a central paradox of American
democracy: why, when the public and politicians decry money —Choice, August 1, 2016
as the worst aspect of American politics, are there so few signs This work peels back the curtain on how political campaigns
of change? influence America, covering everything from social media to
getting to the Oval Office.

HEATH BROWN, PhD, is assistant professor of public policy at
the City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal WILLIAM L. BENOIT, PhD, is professor of communication
Justice and The Graduate Center, New York, NY. studies at Ohio University.

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