TY - BOOK AU - Halpin,Darren AU - Nownes,Anthony J. TI - The new entrepreneurial advocacy: Silicon Valley elites in American politics T2 - Oxford scholarship online SN - 9780190883034 (ebook) : AV - JK467 .H25 2021 U1 - 322.30973 23 PY - 2021/// CY - New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press KW - Business and politics KW - United States KW - Chief executive officers KW - Political activity KW - Computer industry KW - Political aspects KW - California, Northern KW - Corporate power N1 - Also issued in print: 2021; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - The role of business in the American political system has always stirred emotions. Contemporary evidence of the clear and growing disparities in wealth between ordinary citizens and business elites has drawn new attention to this topic. Recently, the canon on the activities of business elites in politics has grown, as we have learned a great deal about how business firms and their ultra-wealthy leaders and investors seek to exert political influence. This book examines one form of business elite activity that has thus far received surprisingly little scholarly attention despite the high-profile political efforts of billionaire businesspeople such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190883003.001.0001 ER -