TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wedel,Janine R.
TI  - Shadow elite: how the world's new power brokers undermine democracy, government, and the free market 
SN  - 9780465091065 (alk. paper)
AV  - JF 1525.66 W391s 2009
U1  - 320.9 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Corruption
KW  - Political corruption
KW  - Power (Social sciences)
KW  - Elite (Social sciences)
KW  - Privatization
KW  - Government accountability
KW  - Corrupción
KW  - Corrupción Política
KW  - Poder (Ciencias Sociales)
KW  - Elite (Ciencias Sociales)
KW  - Privatización
KW  - Responsabilidad de gobierno
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 207 - 267) and index; Confidence men and their flex lives -- When privatization meets truthiness -- Flex power in the wild east -- U.S. government, Inc. -- The privatizers -- The commandeers -- Accountability in the age of flex nets
N2  - An award-winning public policy expert and author of Collision and Collusion explains how an elite group of power-wielding agenda promoters are erasing the boundaries between government, private and non-profit organizations for their own benefit and have been behind headline-making scandals
ER  -