From Booklist Conrad's father is the senior Democratic Senator from North Dakota, and his uncle is a Republican U.S. agriculture secretary and former governor of North Dakota. However, he manages not biased in this useful guide to American politics. Highlights the weaknesses of both parties to explain the financing of campaigns, lobbyists, and voting irregularities. Conrad offers its readers the fundamentals of the election, economy, foreign policy, military, civil liberties and other issues. It also details all the elements involved in a presidential election primaries and Caucuses pledged delegates and superdelegates, and why Americans should pay more attention to the mechanics of elections
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If you are interested in politics, this is the book for you. In fact, caught "off" the Internet, through visits of experts scimming "round, and instead gave me a real foundation on which to establish policies and opinions.
Jessamyn Conrad offers a balanced and comprehensive overview of a wide range of issues of current policy: elections, economy, foreign policy, military, socioeconomics health, energy, environment, civil liberties, war of culture, national security, education and trade. These are all key areas of great importance and consequences for society, and certainly the areas where decisions will now have a huge impact in the future.
I must disagree with the commentator above, everyone is entitled their own opinion and in my opinion, this is good, even for non-partisan authors of the book. In general, this book provides an easy introduction to go on important social issues and issues of political debate and leaves the reader with a balanced knowledge base.
It is written in a style witty and fun and lets you enjoy from front to back. Very informative, but easy to read.
Anyone interested in politics and want to learn much before the election - either for political discussions in general - will enjoy this book. Highly recommended!
5. 0 out of 5 stars everyone should know. . . This day and age, everyone should know at least a little about political parties and political platforms. "What you should know about the policy …
I chose this book by chance while browsing through a bookstore. After reading the foreword, and being beaten by the clarity, spirit and thought with which the author expresses his ideas, I decided to buy. I read the book of a series, starting with those features mattered more, and was surprised to discover that he had read all this in one session. The author is true to his word, and gives an impartial, nonpartisan overview of the issues. It is what promises to be - a guide - easy to follow, and finally can give the voters for decision making is not blindly following the preaching of any political party. This book would be an excellent addition to a U.S. policy / syllabus policy of the government and Jessamyn Conrad congratulations for a job well done!
Many times I wondered why Republicans and Democrats to opposing sides in a broad range of issues. Why do Republicans believe in low taxes and limited government, while at the same time, believing that Roe v. Wade should be overturned and that preventive war is the best defense against terrorism, why the Democrats favor stricter gun control, women's right to choose a balanced budget and deficit spending?
Book Ms. Conrad goes a long way towards explaining the historical background on the issues that frame the current political debate and why the parties take positions they do. Describes the range of ideologies that make up positions and notes that a party may take an opposite position in a given election cycle for the sake of political change.
Of course this has no time for details on many of these issues, but if confused by the rhetoric of today's discussions and I would be more informed voters, this book is for you.
4. 0 out of 5 stars The first major If you need to review the basics, or want to start building a foundation for understanding policy in the United States, this book will help you understand the two major. . .
1. 0 out of 5 stars Politics for Dummies Let me say first that there are many new information in this book and found the title a little less aggressive than the "For Dummies" series of books I..
5. 0 out of 5 stars useful guide This handy book is presented so that it is easier to follow. The topics are divided into chapters: Elections, economy, foreign policy, military, Health, Energy, Environment. . .
5. 0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide for people who know nothing about politics and even voting this book is the first trigger speed for most Americans who know little about politics and policy, or tend to get their information from less reliable sources. . .
3. 0 out of 5 stars is shallow, but intends to be superficial honestly could not decide, while reading this book, if you hated. This is not necessarily a check against him, I suspect Conrad knew he had to obtain this majority opinion. . .
5. 0 out of 5 stars All you need to know about more than hold their own in a political debate This book will allow a political novice to go toe-to-toe at a dinner for the long-term subscribers of the New York Times and The Economist.
5. 0 out of 5 stars Great book that I have always wanted someone to write a book like this. There are all experts and know-it-alls on TV trying to tell us how to think rather than telling us the events y. . .
5. 0 out of 5 stars Just what you need to convince your friends to know what you are talking about. I got this book to push a political book Table B. Dalton, and read it from beginning to end, could not put down.
2. 0 out of 5 stars "nonpartisan?" It is not true. As an economist in Washington DC, I have lost patience with the partisan political overlap factless (Coulter, Moore), and waited several books that provide a history of solid data. . .