Today, in growing numbers, from kitchen tables to nonprofit organizations to corporate boards, Americans are turning away from the bickering and division of politics as usual and turning toward a new politics-what activist-turned-attorney Mark Satin christens here as "radical middle" politics. Instead of the usual blame games, the radical middle appreciates the genuine and often very reasonable concerns of the left and right, which many of those disillusioned with political partisanship will find refreshing. As the nation ...
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Today, in growing numbers, from kitchen tables to nonprofit organizations to corporate boards, Americans are turning away from the bickering and division of politics as usual and turning toward a new politics-what activist-turned-attorney Mark Satin christens here as "radical middle" politics. Instead of the usual blame games, the radical middle appreciates the genuine and often very reasonable concerns of the left and right, which many of those disillusioned with political partisanship will find refreshing. As the nation heads into the 2004 presidential election, the radical middle dares to propose bold and innovative solutions to problems that affect us all, from health care reform to corporate accountability to the fight against terrorism. Radical Middle offers an innovative yet practical handbook that addresses many of the most vexing social problems of our time. A whole new movement is on the march-the radical middle movement-and this is its manifesto. It shows how to understand politics, how to quiet the din of overheated rhetoric, and how to make modern politics reflect the true expression of rational and creative people everywhere.
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Very good in Very good jacket. xii, 220 pages. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Black mark on bottom edge. Derived from a Kirkus review: A reformed leftist now stakes out an extreme position in the middle as he attempts to restore a lost spirit of compromise in the national discourse. Can former radical Satin and like-minded political philosophers recruit the essential blue-collar and white-collar caring persons from the resentful, surly, militant extremes? Here's another kind of public policy, not learned from Washington or Jefferson, but in the mode of Ben Franklin. As earnest as the politics of any other stripe, the bipolar radical middle purports to take the best from the left and from the right. Basic tenets would give each of us a fair start in life, more choices, a chance to maximize our potential and help develop the world too. Satin offers suggestions to solve knotty problems of health care, our legal system, petroleum dependency, education, affirmative action, unemployment, corporate clout, biotechnology, national service, economic globalization, military intervention, and terrorism. The radical middle offers a theory of everything political, with outlined rules and talking points to fix all the malaise and malevolence. It makes a lot more sense than, say, Dr. Phil or the many braying pundits at the edges of the national parties. Preacher Satin provides chapter references to texts and organizations in furtherance of the cause. A handbook that leaves lots of room for dissent from all sides. To make a utopian vision a reality, what would Poor Richard do? Mark Ivor Satin (born November 16, 1946) is an American political theorist, author, and newsletter publisher. He is best known for contributing to the development and dissemination of three political perspectives-neopacifism in the 1960s, New Age politics in the 1970s and 1980s, and radical centrism in the 1990s and 2000s. Satin's work is sometimes seen as building toward a new political ideology, and then it is often labeled "transformational", "post-liberal", or "post-Marxist". After emigrating to Canada at the age of 20 to avoid serving in the Vietnam War, Satin co-founded the Toronto Anti-Draft Programme, which helped bring American war resisters to Canada. He also wrote the Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada. Satin wrote New Age Politics, which identifies an emergent "third force" in North America pursuing such goals as simple living, decentralism, and global responsibility. Satin spread his ideas by co-founding an American political organization, the New World Alliance, and by publishing an international political newsletter, New Options. He also co-drafted the foundational statement of the U.S. Green Party, "Ten Key Values". Following a period of political disillusion, Satin launched a new political newsletter and wrote a book, Radical Middle. Both projects criticized political partisanship and sought to promote mutual learning and innovative policy syntheses across social and cultural divides. In an interview. Satin has been described as "colorful" and "intense", and all his initiatives have been controversial. Bringing war resisters to Canada was opposed by many in the anti-Vietnam War movement. New Age Politics was not welcomed by many on the traditional left or right, and Radical Middle dismayed an even broader segment of the American political community.
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