The Little Blue Book: The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic

Name: The Little Blue Book: The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic
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ISBN: 9781476700014

ISBN-10: 147670001X

ISBN-13: 9781476700014

Edition: 2012

Authors: George Lakoff, Elisabeth Wehling

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The indispensable handbook for DemocratsVoters cast their ballots for what they believe isright,for the things that make moral sense. Yet Democrats have too often failed to use language linking their moral values with their policies.The Little Blue Bookdemonstrates how to make that connection clearly and forcefully, with hands-on advice for discussing the most pressing issues of our time: the economy, health care, women’s issues, energy and environmental policy, education, food policy, and more. Dissecting the ways that extreme conservative positions have permeated political discourse, Lakoff and Wehling show how to fight back on moral grounds and in concrete terms. Revelatory, passionate,…

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List price: $11.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



A Note About This Book


Introduction: The Importance of Moral Frames



The Basics



Politics and Morals



What Are Moral Values?



Is Unity Possible?



The Political Brain: Cascades



Your Language



The Epidemic of Extreme Conservatism



What Is Extreme Conservatism?



Consequences of the Extreme Strict Father Model



The Four Effects of Extreme Conservatism



Ideas We Need



Maintaining Democracy



The Public



The Shift from Public to Corporate Government



Corporations Govern Your Life



Predatory Privatization



Workers Are Profit Creators



Public Education Benefits All and Protects Freedom



Rethinking Food



Systemic Effects in Nature and Economics



An Infrastructure for Eternal Energy



A Phrasebook for Democrats



The Economy and the Public



Family Freedom



Social Darwinism


Afterword


Notes


Acknowledgments