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037    |bSimon & Schuster, Order Dept 100 Front st, Riverside, NJ,
       USA, 08075|nSAN 200-2442 
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100 1  Hersh, Eitan,|eauthor. 
245 10 Politics is for power :|bhow to move beyond political 
       hobbyism, take action, and make real change /|cEitan 
       Hersh. 
250    First Scribner hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bScribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 
       INC.|c2020. 
264  4 |c©2020 
300    viii, 275 pages ;|c24 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographic references and index. 
520    "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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650  0 Political participation|zUnited States. 
650  0 Political culture|zUnited States. 
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651  0 United States|xPolitics and government|y2017-2021 
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655  7 Instructional and educational works.|2lcgft 
655  7 Manifestos.|2lcgft 
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