Practical how-to guide from the NY Times on how to use your political voice more effectively.
Politics is for power : how to move beyond political hobbyism, take action, and make real change [UW ebook]On order at WSU
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.
Politics is for power : how to move beyond political hobbyism, take action, and make real change [WSU ebook)
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Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution [UW ebook]brings together ten grassroots groups and dozens of seasoned artists and activists from around the world to distill their best practices into a toolbox for creative action.
Beautiful trouble : a toolbox for revolution (WSU ebook)
The activist academic: engaged scholarship for resistance, hope, and social change (WSU ebook)
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We keep us safe: building secure, just, and inclusive communities [UW ebook]"...a comprehensive new vision of care-based public safety for America that actually holds people accountable for harms rendered, that tackles the harms currently going unaddressed, and that prevents many harms from happening, through strengthened relationships, strategic investment of resources, and a stronger democracy..."
We keep us safe: building secure, just, and inclusive communities (wsu EBOOK)
