{"product_id":"talking-politics-sheila-seuss-kennedy-9781626163782","title":"Talking Politics?: What You Need to Know before Opening Your Mouth","description":"\u003cp\u003eHonest, objective, and informed political debates are all too rare in today's polarized and partisan climate. Public policy is increasingly driven by ideology while political spin, distortions, and even demonizing opponents by disseminating outright lies are routine practice from Washington to the local city council. Super-heated and hyper-partisan rhetoric, increasingly homogeneous political and ideological communities, and the public's spotty knowledge about our political system all undermine informed and considered responses to policy debates. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book identifies common areas of confusion or misunderstanding about our political system-clarifying many distortions of accepted history, constitutional law, economics, and science-to help readers distinguish documented facts from the different conclusions and interpretations that may be drawn from those facts. Sheila Suess Kennedy aims to create a more informed electorate and to better ground debates in fact, from Capitol Hill to the family dinner table. \u003ci\u003eTalking Politics? What You Need to Know\u003c\/i\u003e before\u003ci\u003e Opening Your Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e provides a solid starting point from which Americans can build more persuasive arguments for their preferred policies, whatever they may be, and will interest students of political science, civics, and history, from high school to undergraduates, and the general public interested in politics and informed discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheila Suess Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1626163782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626163782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.11d","brand":"Sheila Suess Kennedy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939347497215,"sku":"9781626163782","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6aa8d9a6-7ebc-4ade-a9c0-46e52cf46912.jpg?v=1681440954","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/talking-politics-sheila-seuss-kennedy-9781626163782","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}