The Politics Industry

This looks really interesting: The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy by Katherine M. Gehl and Michael E. Porter.

“They ingeniously apply the tools of business analysis — and Porter’s distinctive Five Forces framework — to show how the political system functions just as every other competitive industry does. Even more importantly, they argue that the political system can be changed, just as industries can be changed, by adopting a new and different strategy, a clear set of choices of things to do — and not do — in four key areas: the election process, the legislative ‘machinery,’ the role of money, and the opening up of competition. The authors focus only on those solutions that are powerful and capable of having a significant impact, as well as achievable within a short period.”