''Banana Republicans: How the Right Wing Is Turning America Into a One-Party State'' is a

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Sheldon Rampton Sheldon Rampton is an American editor and author. He was editor of ''PR Watch'', and is the author of several books that criticize the public relations industry. Career In 1995, Rampton teamed with John Stauber as co-editors of PR Watch, a public ...

and

John Stauber John Stauber is an American writer. Stauber has co-authored five books about government propaganda, private interests and the public relations industry. His work includes one book about how industry manipulates science ('' Trust Us, We're Expert ...

of the

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.Interview with the authors
/ref> It was published in 2004. In the book, Rampton and Stauber argue that a right-wing political machine, in the form of the Republican Party and its functionaries in the

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establishment and

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, is undermining dissent and squelching pluralistic politics in the United States. In writing ''Banana Republicans'', Rampton and Stauber experimented with collaborative research, inviting Disinfopedia users to contribute their own research and analysis while the book was being written.

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