num_pages: 156
description: The best books on politics sometimes come from non-experts, and The Triad is a case in point. Through personal reflections and stories, Brian Aull, an electrical engineer, offers solutions to the problems of partisan gridlock, money in politics, and growing economic inequality in the United States. Bridging the divide between liberals and conservatives with refreshing moral clarity, he advocates three civic virtues: service, learning, and community building. He calls for civic engagement based on these virtues as the key to changing the perverse incentives that lead to gridlock, media bias, and corruption, and creating a culture of collaboration. Applying these insights to specific issues, he points a path to widely shared prosperity, universal quality education, progress on race in America, the healing of the rift between science and religion, and American leadership for human rights and democratic values worldwide. The best political science books have documented the ill health of American democracy. Building on these works, The Triad focuses on what each and every American can do to bring about the cure. It lays out visionary goals for a better America. Instead of pointing fingers of blame, it advocates personal ownership of these goals, expressed through practical steps. For more information see http://www.AwakenDemocracy.comThe proceeds will support the work of the National Center for Race Amity in Boston.
language: English
title: The Triad: Three Civic Virtues That Could Save American Democracy
publisher: Brian Aull