in policy-making, mirroring Lissack’s concern that government often serves the powerful (“the few”) over the public (“the many”). • OECD. (2017). Preventing Policy Capture: Integrity in Public Decision Making . Paris: OECD Publishing (OECD Public Governance Reviews). – An international policy report defining “pol- icy capture” as public decisions consistently steered away from the pub- lic interest toward specific interests, which “exacerbate inequalities and undermine democratic values” oecd.org. It maps mechanisms of regulatory capture and recommends transparency and accountability reformsoecd.org, offering solutions to the very dynamics of hidden influence and betrayed public trust examined in Theft at the Public Till . 3. The Rise of Populism and the Erosion of Trust in Democratic Institutions • Mounk, Y. (2018). The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It . Harvard University Press. – An exploration of how liberal democracies are undermined by populist movements and declining popular trust. Mounk shows that when governments seem unresponsive or captured by elites, citizens turn to illiberal “anti-establishment” leaders – a trend foreshadowed by Theft at the Public Till ’s warning about public disillusionment. (Cited in academic discussions on democracy’s crisisjournalofdemocracy.org.) • Levitsky, S., & Ziblatt, D. (2018). How Democracies Die . Crown Publishing. – A widely read book detailing the indicators of dem- ocratic backsliding, from the weakening of norms to the rise of authoritarian-leaning populists. The authors document how ero- sion of institutional checks and public trust enables elected leaders to undermine democracy from withinkellogg.nd.edu. Their work provides context to the concern in Theft at the Public Till that pro- longed government failure breeds extremist responses. • Norris, P., & Inglehart, R. (2019). Cultural Backlash: Trump, Brexit, and Authoritarian Populism . Cambridge University Press.
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