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Clasificación LC
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JK1764
H47 2020
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Acervo
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Todos los ejemplares
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ISBN
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 198211679X
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9781982116798 (paperback)
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Autor
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Hersh, Eitan
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Título
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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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Edición
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First Scribner trade paperback edition.
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Pie de Imprenta
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New York, NY ; London : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, ©2020.
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Descr. Física
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viii, 275 pages ; 24 cm.
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Bibliografía
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-263) and index.
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Resumen
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"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. In Politics Is for Power, 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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Tema
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Political participation -- United States
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Political culture -- United States
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-
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Enlace Directo
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https://aleph.cide.edu:443/F/?func=direct&doc_number=000173365&local_base=CATALOGO_CIDE
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