Quiet Politics and the Power of Business: New Perspectives in an Era of Noisy Politics

This introduction summarizes the main contributions of this special issue titled “Quiet Politics and Power Business: New Perspectives in an Era Noisy Politics.” The four articles use extend Culpepper’s influential concept “quiet politics” according to which business is able shape policies regulations when issues are low salience public politicians. takes analysis further ways that respond rise noisy politics over last few years, often associated with new strident forms left- right-wing populism. Three made. First, show not inherent property a policy area but socially constructed. Second, variety strategies described uses trying keep quiet. Third, affected by structure business, varies across types capitalism. Future research can these insights our understanding limits, strategies, dynamics quiet political economies.