What You Should Know About Politics...But Don't: A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues - Softcover

Conrad, Jessamyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1559708832 ISBN 13: 9781559708838

Publisher: Arcade Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

It s an exciting time. America is in crisis, but change is within our power. The issues matter more than ever this election year. But in a world of sound bytes and deliberate misinformation and a political scene that is literally colored by a partisan divide blue vs. red how does the average educated American find a reliable source that s free of political spin? What You Think You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don t breaks it all down, issue by issue, explaining who stands for what, and why whether it s tax cuts, outsourcing, the Kyoto Protocol, or drilling for oil in Alaska. If you re a Democrat, a Republican, or somewhere in between, it s the perfect book to brush up on a single topic or read through to get a deeper understanding of the often-mucky world of American politics.

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About the Authors

Jessamyn Conrad earned her bachelorÕs degree in social anthropology and Islamic art history from Harvard University and her masterÕs degree in history from Cambridge University. She is pursuing her doctorate in art history at Columbia University. She is 30 years old, and lives in New York City.

Jessamyn Conrad earned her bachelor's degree in social anthropology and Islamic art history from Harvard University and her master's degree in history from Cambridge University. She is pursuing her doctorate in art history at Columbia University. She is 30 years old, and lives in New York City.

Reviews

Conrad’s father is the senior Democratic senator of North Dakota, and her uncle is the Republican U.S. agricultural secretary and former governor of North Dakota. Still, she manages to be nonpartisan in this very helpful guide to American politics. She highlights the foibles of both parties when explaining campaign financing, special interest groups, and voting irregularities. Conrad gives readers the essentials on elections, the economy, foreign policy, the military, civil liberties, and other issues. She details all the elements that go into a presidential election, from primaries and caucuses to pledged delegates and superdelegates, and why more Americans need to pay attention to the mechanics of elections before things go wrong. She begins with a brief background of current debates on issues from abortion and the right to die (under the topic “Culture Wars”) to highway privatization and FEMA (under “Homeland Security”).This is an essential resource for Americans of whatever political persuasion, including independents, libertarians, progressives, and populists, all of which she defines and explains. --Vanessa Bush

Edition details

• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1559708832
• ISBN 13: 9781559708838
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336