The Natural Law Party: A Reason to Vote: Breaking the Two-Party Stranglehold and Bringing Effective New Solutions to America's Problems - Hardcover

Robert Roth

9780312193041: The Natural Law Party: A Reason to Vote: Breaking the Two-Party Stranglehold and Bringing Effective New Solutions to America's Problems

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312193041 ISBN 13: 9780312193041

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 1998

The press secretary for the Natural Law Party, America's fastest growing new political party, presents its platform for the 1998 and 2000 elections, discussing its emphasis on environmental conservation, a prevention-oriented approach to public policy, support for renewable resources, and more. 25,000 first printing.

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From the Publisher:

"Third parties have contributed huge ideas to American politics, from the abolition of slavery, to child-labor laws. Their relatively recent exile to the margins of American political life is highly unfortunate. The Natural Law Party: A Reason To Vote gives us the information we need to bring third parties back to center stage." --Marianne Williamson, author of The Healing of America

"A brilliant, provocative book that gives voice and muscle to anyone who wants to see social and government policy become prevention-oriented, solutions-based, and in accord with the great laws of nature that govern all of life. This is must reading for our democracy to thrive." --Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D., author of Healing Anxiety With Herbs

"For democracy to work, third-party participation is essential. Robert Roth shows clearly how the current system is keeping new ideas out of the government. This book is a real eye-opener." -Richard Carlson, Ph.D., author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

From Library Journal:

Roth, press secretary of the Natural Law Party, proposes giving the American voter an alternative to the two mainstream political parties: the Natural Law Party, founded in 1992 and now set to run hundreds of candidates in the 1998 elections. The book is divided into eight sections with headings like "The Battle," "The Principles," and "The Applications." Within each section are chapters such as "Does Politics Matter Anymore?" and "Media Tips from the Front Lines," to name just a couple. Roth states the party position across a broad spectrum of political and social issues, showing its emphasis on an "organic" approach to social issues. Solutions to national problems are described in some detail, and transcendental meditation is a major factor in many of them. As the author and many others have pointed out, the positions taken by third parties often become planks of major party platforms within a few years. If for no other reason, the Natural Law Party and other third parties deserve our scrutiny in the run-up to the 2000 elections. Recommended for large public libraries.?Joseph Toschik, Half Moon Bay P.L., CA
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