This book analyzes the influence of business in democratic politics. Advice from business actors regularly carries more weight with policymakers than other interests because it refers to the core of the state-market nexus in democratic capitalism: the consequences for voters and policymakers of harming business and the economy. The book examines th

Patrick Bernhagen is Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen, UK.

1. Introduction 2. Groups, Institutions, Networks, Ideology, or Structural Dependence: What Drives Business Power? 3. An Informational-Structural Model of Business Power 4. Two Real-World Signalling Games 5.Reputation and Informativeness in Lobbying 6. Structure, Information, and Environmental Regulation 7. Conclusions: Information, Structure, and the Prospects for Democracy under Capitalism