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Hersh, Eitan.
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Political participation -- United States.
Political culture -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-
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Hersh, Eitan.
Political participation -- United States.
Political culture -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-
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Politics is for power : how to move beyond political hobbyism, take action, and make real change / Eitan Hersh.
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Hersh, Eitan.
Scribner, c2020.
Call #:
323
.0420973
H572p
Subjects
Political participation -- United States.
Political culture -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-
ISBN:
9781982116781 (hc.)
Edition:
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Description:
viii, 275 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Who is to blame for our broken politics? The uncomfortable answer to this question starts with ordinary citizens with good intentions. We vote (sometimes) and occasionally sign a petition or attend a rally. But we mainly "engage" by consuming politics as if it's a sport or a hobby. We soak in daily political gossip and eat up statistics about who's up and who's down. We tweet and post and share. We crave outrage. The hours we spend on politics are used mainly as pastime. Instead, we should be spending the same number of hours building political organizations, implementing a long-term vision for our city or town, and getting to know our neighbors, whose votes will be needed for solving hard problems. We could be accumulating power so that when there are opportunities to make a difference--to lobby, to advocate, to mobilize--we will be ready. But most of us who are spending time on politics today are focused inward, choosing roles and activities designed for our short-term pleasure. We are repelled by the slow-and-steady activities that characterize service to the common good. ...Pioneering and brilliant data analyst Eitan Hersh shows us a way toward more effective political participation. Aided by political theory, history, cutting-edge social science, as well as remarkable stories of ordinary citizens who got off their couches and took political power seriously, this book shows us how to channel our energy away from political hobbyism and toward empowering our values."--Amazon.
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