Doorstep Democracy: Face-to-Face Politics in the Heartland

Author:   James H. Read
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
ISBN:  

9780816656790


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   21 August 2008
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   James H. Read
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780816656790


ISBN 10:   0816656797
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   21 August 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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In Doorstep Democracy, James Read taps into a growing trend in progressive campaigns-real conversations between candidates and voters as a strategy that wins elections while engaging people in social and political change. -Jeff Blodgett, executive director, Wellstone Action! This is a wonderful, wise account of what a grass roots election is all about. Young idealist people need to read this thoughtful book. I wish he would have won, but I am so glad he ran and wrote about it. -Myron Orfield, executive director, Institute on Race & Poverty and former Minnesota State Representative


This is a wonderful, wise account of what a grass roots election is all about. Young idealist people need to read this thoughtful book. I wish he would have won, but I am so glad he ran and wrote about it. -Myron Orfield, executive director, Institute on Race & Poverty and former Minnesota State Representative In Doorstep Democracy, James Read taps into a growing trend in progressive campaigns-real conversations between candidates and voters as a strategy that wins elections while engaging people in social and political change. -Jeff Blodgett, executive director, Wellstone Action!


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James H. Read is professor of political science at the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University in St. Joseph, Minnesota. In 1992 he was a candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 14A. He has served as local party chair and has volunteered for many local and statewide campaigns. He is the author of Power versus Liberty: Madison, Hamilton, Wilson, and Jefferson.

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