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Take Back Your Government! A Practical Handbook for the Private Citizen Who Wants Democracy to Work
Take Back Your Government A Practical Handbook for the Private Citizen Who Wants Democracy to Work Author:Robert A. Heinlein Original title: "How to Be a Politician" — One of Heinlein's few nonfiction works, this book is both a polemic on the importance of participation in a democratic system of government and a manual on how to run a local political campaign. Writing in 1946, the author based his observations on his own experience in California politics during the 193... more »0s (especially as part of Upton Sinclair's EPIC Movement and Sinclair's 1934 campaign for the Democratic nomination in the California gubernatorial race). It covers the following topics:
* Door-to-door canvassing
* Organizing local meetings
* Recruiting volunteers
* Managing office work
* Fundraising
* Reasons to get involved
* The effect one person can have
Heinlein did not find a publisher for the book. It was finally published by Baen in 1992 (four years after the author's death) with an introduction and annotations by Jerry Pournelle.« less
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