Independents Rising - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Independents Rising write by Jacqueline S. Salit. This book was released on 2012-08-07. Independents Rising available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Salit chronicles the history of the independent movement on both ends of the spectrum, and explores what these voters mean for the future of American politics.
Independents Rising
Independents Rising - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Independents Rising write by Jacqueline S. Salit. This book was released on 2012-08-07. Independents Rising available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A revealing look at how independent voters have been upending the political establishment for thirty years – and how they'll decide the future of American politics. In a political system where two parties reign supreme, 40% of Americans consider themselves neither Democrats nor Republicans, but independents. Independents elected President Barack Obama in 2008 and then, in a seeming reversal, gave control of Congress to the Republicans in 2010. But who are these independents? Angry moderates? Frustrated ideologues? The base for the third party? Reformers or revolutionaries? Jacqueline Salit has spent 30 years as an insider in this growing movement of outsiders. She recounts the little-known history of this volatile force as old political institutions and categories are becoming irrelevant – even repugnant – to many Americans. An architect of unorthodox left/right coalitions within the Perot movement and Reform Party, and manager of Michael Bloomberg's three New York mayoral campaigns on the Independence Party line, Salit explores how these unclaimed voters are not only deciding elections, but reshaping the political landscape. With a surprising cast of characters – from the famous to the unknown – Salit argues that the failure to heed this movement against partisanship (and even parties) puts political careers at risk and damages essential features of American democracy. She reveals how independents underestimate their own power and how they can make the most of their newfound moment in the sun.
All the Single Ladies
All the Single Ladies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook All the Single Ladies write by Rebecca Traister. This book was released on 2016-10-11. All the Single Ladies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Today, only twenty percent of Americans are wed by age twenty-nine, compared to nearly sixty percent in 1960. The Population Reference Bureau calls it a 'dramatic reversal.' [This book presents a] portrait of contemporary American life and how we got here, through the lens of the single American woman, covering class, race, [and] sexual orientation, and filled with ... anecdotes from ... contemporary and historical figures"--
The Myth of the Independent Voter
The Myth of the Independent Voter - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Myth of the Independent Voter write by Bruce E. Keith. This book was released on 1992-06-17. The Myth of the Independent Voter available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Debunking conventional wisdom about voting patterns and allaying recent concerns about electoral stability and possible third party movements, the authors uncover faulty practices that have resulted in a skewed sense of the American voting population.
The Rise of Network Christianity
The Rise of Network Christianity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Rise of Network Christianity write by Brad Christerson. This book was released on 2017-02-01. The Rise of Network Christianity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Why, when traditionally organized religious groups are seeing declining membership and participation, are networks of independent churches growing so explosively? Drawing on in-depth interviews with leaders and participants, The Rise of Network Christianity explains the social forces behind the fastest-growing form of Christianity in the U.S., which Brad Christerson and Richard Flory have labeled "Independent Network Charismatic." This form of Christianity emphasizes aggressive engagement with the supernatural-including healing, direct prophecies from God, engaging in "spiritual warfare" against demonic spirits--and social transformation. Christerson and Flory argue that macro-level social changes since the 1970s, including globalization and the digital revolution, have given competitive advantages to religious groups organized as networks rather than traditionally organized congregations and denominations. Network forms of governance allow for experimentation with controversial supernatural practices, innovative finances and marketing, and a highly participatory, unorthodox, and experiential faith, which is attractive in today's unstable religious marketplace. Christerson and Flory hypothesize that as more religious groups imitate this type of governance, religious belief and practice will become more experimental, more orientated around practice than theology, more shaped by the individual religious "consumer," and authority will become more highly concentrated in the hands of individuals rather than institutions. Network Christianity, they argue, is the future of Christianity in America.
