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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: James H. ReadPublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780816656790ISBN 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 The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsIn 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! Author InformationJames 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |