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How to Hack a Party Line is the first book to explain the political significance of the high-technology industry. It shows the birth of a relationship between the new millionaires of the information age and the Washington insiders that will shape the politics of the twenty-first century. <br> <br> <p>Packed with exclusive, behind-the-scenes reporting, How to Hack a Party Line chronicles a high-stakes experiment: the creation of Silicon Valley's first political machine. The book explores the often contradictory forces behind Silicon Valley's political awakening-a mixture of naïve libertarian sentiment, northern California social attitudes, aggressive business instincts, and a raw desire for power. Simultaneously it looks at Centrist "new Democrats" who have left behind the liberal coalitions of the industrial economy and are seeking a new identity in the values proclaimed by high-tech capitalists: growth, globalism, efficiency, and innovation.</p> <p>How to Hack a Party Line combines a colorful, character-rich narrative with serious reporting and political ans .iis. It asks what values prosper when high-tech business becomes the metaphor for society-and how, in the twenty-first ce

Author
Miles, Sara, 1952-
Publisher
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published
2001
Language
EN
ISBN
9780374177140
Subjects
Political Science, Social_sciences

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