Talking Politics?: What You Need to Know before Opening Your

Talking Politics?: What You Need to Know before Opening Your Mouth (Georgetown Shorts)

Honest, objective, and informed political debates are all too rare in todayâ€™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 publicâ€™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 systemâ€”clarifying many distortions of accepted history, constitutional law, economics, and scienceâ€”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.
Country USA
Manufacturer Georgetown University Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-06-02
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Georgetown University Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-06-02
Format	Kindle eBook

Talking Politics?: What You Need to Know before Opening Your Mouth (Georgetown Shorts)

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