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Title: The Radical Center: The Future of American Politics by Ted Halstead, Michael Lind ISBN: 0-385-72029-7 Publisher: Anchor Books/Doubleday Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Too bad our politicians don't read books like this
Comment: The meat of this book is not so much the specific proposals that the authors offer. Instead, the real point of this book is: Our nation has undergone three revolutionary transformations -- from colony to independence (1770's to Civil War), from agrarian to early industrial (Civil War to 1930's), and from early industrial to full industrial (Depression to 1970's). We are now in the throes of a fourth revolution. Unlike the previous three revolutions, our political system is not up to the challenge because our two parties, who have a stranglehold on the levers of power, are each controlled by the most extreme elements within their parties -- at a time when we need consensus and cooperation, not extremes. You may disagree with their specific proposals, you cannot disagree with their analysis of the situation.
Here's my recommendation: Buy TWO copies of this book. Keep one, pass one on to someone you know who is in a position of power and influence -- senator, representative, newspaper editor, state legislator, and the like.
Rating: 4
Summary: Bridging the political divide
Comment: Ted Halstead is one of the all to rare voices representing the next generation of politcal thought in America. Halsted., a baby buster, finds himself equally disgusted by the politics of both political parties and their extreme political bases.
Radical Center is an apt term because the proposals he offers are far from the mundane centrist politics that have been incapable of sustaining a true political movement (ex. Perot's Reform Party). His ideas marry some of the most salient and relevant ideas from both ends of the political spectrum namely the left's belief that government should provide a safety net to those who are most in need and the right's commitment to market forces; particulary people's desire to exercise choice in healthcare, retirement and education.
My only concern is that he does not offer inspiring words or practical strategies for how his agenda can take hold in a political landscape that is and will continue to be dominated by the aging baby boomer generation and their increasing reliance on Medicare, Social Security and the other programs from the New Deal and the Great Society.
Rating: 5
Summary: Truly Common Ground for the Future
Comment: Halstead and Lind have done a fantastic job of setting out a centrist manifesto for the new century. This book is recommended reading for anyone in politics who wants to understand the ideas that can be used to build new coalitions.
Keep an eye on these two and The New America Foundation. They're writing about the things that everyone else will be discussing in ten years.
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Title: The Real State of the Union: From the Best Minds in America, Bold Solutions to the Problems Politicians Dare Not Address (New America Book) by Ted Halstead ISBN: 0465050522 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: NEXT AMERICAN NATION: The New Nationalism and the Fourth American Revolution by Michael Lind ISBN: 0684825031 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 05 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Two Percent Solution: Fixing America's Problems in Ways Liberals and Conservatives Can Love by Matthew Miller ISBN: 1586481584 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Radical Middle: The Politics We Need Now by Mark Satin ISBN: 0813341906 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Up From Conservatism by Michael Lind ISBN: 0684831864 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 15 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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