How To Participate in Politics Effectively
Subtitle: A Step-by-Step Guide Every Citizen Can Use
Edition: First
Publisher: Jim Bzdek
Published: July 21, 1999
Place of publication: Denver, CO
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9780967413105
Subjects: Political Science / Civics; Political Science / Practical Politics; Civics; Political participation; Politics and government; Practical Politics; United States; 1993-2001; Politics, Practical
First sentence: The purpose of politics is to institute  government with the consent of the governed to secure equal human rights.
Description: Here at last is a simple, easy-to-follow guidebook you can use immediately to have a say in politics! It's organized into four parts--becoming prepared, informed, involved and leaving a legacy--with four steps in each, illustrated by real life stories of citizens like you participating effectively. It is written from 40 years in politics, education, journalism and business and includes the full texts of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the current platforms of the major political parties, plus the four acts of an effective citizen, and a ready-to-use invitation and agenda for a precinct caucus, a ready-to-use resolution for a party platform, a ready-to-use letter to a local school board and a ready-to-use letter to a local newspaper.
Notes: The Declaration of Independence says it best, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed.
Table of contents: title: Prepare Yourself
pagenum: 4
label: I:; title: Inform Yourself
pagenum: 24
label: II:; title: Involve Yourself
pagenum: 137
label: III:; title: Leave a Legacy
pagenum: 143
label: IV: