Hopelessly Divided

Hopelessly Divided
Title Hopelessly Divided PDF eBook
Author Douglas E. Schoen
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages 295
Release 2012-04-16
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1442215259

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Just in time for the 2012 election, Douglas E. Schoen, one of America’s preeminent political pundits, analyzes the growing chasm between the political class—politicians, lobbyists, fundraisers, consultants—and the American Mainstream, frustrated with government’s inability to address the major issues affecting their lives. This gap has given rise to populist movements on the right and the left and driven our two-party system to the brink of possible collapse—in ways that have never been fully discussed or articulated.

Hopelessly Divided

Hopelessly Divided
Title Hopelessly Divided PDF eBook
Author Douglas E. Schoen
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 295
Release 2012
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1442215232

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Analyzes the widening gap between politicians, including lobbyists and consultants, and the American mainstream, and discusses the rise in populist movements that threatens to drive the two-party system to its collapse.

We Must Not Be Enemies

We Must Not Be Enemies
Title We Must Not Be Enemies PDF eBook
Author Michael Austin
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 231
Release 2019-05-15
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1538121263

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At the end of his first inaugural address, delivered to a nation deeply divided and on the brink of civil war, Abraham Lincoln concluded, “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies.” Lincoln’s words ring true today, especially for a new generation raised on political discourse that consists of vitriolic social media and the echo chambers of polarized news media. In We Must Not Be Enemies, Michael Austin combines American history, classical theories of democracy, and cognitive psychology to argue that the health of our democracy depends on our ability to disagree about important things while remaining friends. He argues that individual citizens can dramatically improve the quality of our democracy by changing the way that we interact with one another. Each of his main chapters advances a single argument, supported by contemporary evidence and drawing on lessons from American history. The seven arguments at the heart of the book are: 1. We need to learn how to be better friends with people we disagree with. 2. We should disagree more with people we already consider our friends. 3. We should argue for things and not just against things. 4. We have a moral responsibility to try to persuade other people to adopt positions that we consider morally important. 5. We have to understand what constitutes a good argument if we want to do more than shout at people and call them names. 6. We must realize that we are wrong about a lot of things that we think we are right about. 7. We should treat people with charity and kindness, not out of a sense of moral duty (though that’s OK too), but because these are good rhetorical strategies in a democratic society. For anyone disturbed by the increasingly coarse and confrontational tone of too much of our political dialogue, We Must Not Be Enemies provides an essential starting point to restore the values that have provided the foundation for America’s tradition of democratic persuasion.

The Federal Reporter

The Federal Reporter
Title The Federal Reporter PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 1058
Release 1921
Genre Law reports, digests, etc
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History of Georgia

History of Georgia
Title History of Georgia PDF eBook
Author Clark Howell
Publisher
Pages 778
Release 1926
Genre History
ISBN

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The Statesman

The Statesman
Title The Statesman PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 388
Release 1887
Genre Prohibition
ISBN

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Selective Compulsory Military Training and Service, Hearings ..., on H.R. 10132 ..., July 10- Aug 14, 1940

Selective Compulsory Military Training and Service, Hearings ..., on H.R. 10132 ..., July 10- Aug 14, 1940
Title Selective Compulsory Military Training and Service, Hearings ..., on H.R. 10132 ..., July 10- Aug 14, 1940 PDF eBook
Author United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs
Publisher
Pages 676
Release 1940
Genre
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