TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kennedy,Sheila Suess
TI  - Talking politics?: what you need to know before opening your mouth 
SN  - 9781626161450
AV  - JK1764 .K384 2014 
U1  - 322.40973 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Washington
PB  - Georgetown University Press
KW  - Political participation
KW  - United States
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Social movements
KW  - Participation politique
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Opinion publique
KW  - Mouvements sociaux
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Process
KW  - Political Advocacy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Civics & Citizenship
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover; Contents; Introduction; What Everyone Should Know about the Constitution and American Legal System; What Everyone Should Know about the American Economic System; What Everyone Should Know about Science; What Everyone Should Know about Politics; About the Author
N2  - Honest, objective, and informed political debates are all too rare in today's polarized and partisan climate. Public policy is increasingly driven by ideology while political spin, distortions, and even demonizing opponents by disseminating outright lies are routine practice from Washington to the local city council. Super-heated and hyper-partisan rhetoric, increasingly homogeneous political and ideological communities, and the public's spotty knowledge about our political system all undermine informed and considered responses to policy debates. This digital short identifies common areas of confusion or misunderstanding about our political system, clarifying many distortions of accepted history, constitutional law, economics, and science, to help readers distinguish documented facts from the different conclusions and interpretations that may be drawn from those facts. Sheila Suess Kennedy aims to create a more informed electorate and to better ground debates in fact, from Capitol Hill to the family dinner table. Talking Politics? What You Need to Know before Opening Your Mouth provides a solid starting point from which Americans can build more persuasive arguments for their preferred policies, whatever they may be, and will interest students of political science, civics, and history, from high school to undergraduates, and the general public interested in politics and informed discussion
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