- Paperback: 248 pages
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co. (20 Aug 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0393316270
- ISBN-13: 978-0393316278
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.6 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Smith offers a community based, participatory politics that's neither left nor right wing but the whole bird. . . . His work is truth-seeking, independent, fair-minded, and debunking.--Colman McCarthy
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Neither right nor left but ahead is the only political course for maverick journalist Sam Smith in this entertaining, myth-busting guide to a new American crossover politics. Witty and profound, opinionated and informative, Smith has important things to say to politically disaffected Americans of all stripes. In chapters such as "How to stay alive - a poker player's guide to the environment, " "How to find things out - despite the media and other obstacles, " and "How to get along with other Americans - living next to 250 million people who aren't quite like you, " Smith conjoins laughter and wisdom, education and provocation, giving us what we need to fix America and have a good time while we're at it.
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Wonderful take on modern society and politics,
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This review is from: Sam Smith's Great American Political Repair Manual: Rebuilding America So the Politics aren't Broken and the Politicians aren't Fixed! (Paperback)
While you may not agree with Sam Smith's views or solutions, he does a wonderful job of showing what is wrong with the system in America. His book is full of great quotes and wonderful humor and offers hordes of ideas that will make you optimistic about the future despite the large number of depressing points Smith brings up. He shows how America has worked in many areas and how it has failed - most importantly though he offers loads of solutions on how to fix what's broken. A must-read for people on all sides of the political spectrum, and especially for people apathetic about the promise of politics.
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Important reading for activists and ordinary Americans,
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This review is from: Sam Smith's Great American Political Repair Manual: Rebuilding America So the Politics aren't Broken and the Politicians aren't Fixed! (Paperback)
Sam Smith's Great American Political Repair Manual talks a lot about lateral thinking. Lateral thinking is solving problems by coming up with non-traditional alternatives. Specifically, Sam Smith talks about political problems and lateral solutions. Smith gives both liberals and conservatives something to think about in this fascinating book.
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Wonderful take on modern society and politics,
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This review is from: Sam Smith's Great American Political Repair Manual: Rebuilding America So the Politics aren't Broken and the Politicians aren't Fixed! (Paperback)
While you may not agree with Sam Smith's views or solutions, he does a wonderful job of showing what is wrong with the system in America. His book is full of great quotes and wonderful humor and offers hordes of ideas that will make you optimistic about the future despite the large number of depressing points Smith brings up. He shows how America has worked in many areas and how it has failed - most importantly though he offers loads of solutions on how to fix what's broken. A must-read for people on all sides of the political spectrum, and especially for people apathetic about the promise of politics.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Important reading for activists and ordinary Americans,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sam Smith's Great American Political Repair Manual: Rebuilding America So the Politics aren't Broken and the Politicians aren't Fixed! (Paperback)
Sam Smith's Great American Political Repair Manual talks a lot about lateral thinking. Lateral thinking is solving problems by coming up with non-traditional alternatives. Specifically, Sam Smith talks about political problems and lateral solutions. Smith gives both liberals and conservatives something to think about in this fascinating book.I use it in introductory political science classes because it is a simple read and explains complex topics (like voting systems) lucidly. Smith encourages looking beyond political correctness and beyond corporate media spin to search for real solutions to American problems which, as Smith admits, may not work, but promise to move us beyond stalemate over broken programs and failed solutions. |
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