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The American Political Marketplace: New Citizens, New Machines, New Strategies

Source: Yale University

Author: Dahvi Wilson

Date: December 2, 2005

Category: Politics

Type: White Paper

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American citizens today have a decreased sense of community spirit and less sense of civic responsibility, compared to the time of the nation's founding.  They are motivated first and foremost to maximize their own personal interests.  They have become passive consumers of American politics.

Tags: role of citizens, progressive infrastructure, political elite, political consumer, political campaigns, political brand, polarized electorate, party system, marketplace, consumer culture, conservative movement, conservative infrastructure

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Lessons from the Right: Saving the Soul of the Environmental Movement

Source: Yale University

Author: Jeni Krencicki & Dahvi Wilson

Date: January 5, 2005

Category: Energy, Environment & Global Warming

Type: White Paper

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The environmental movement, alongside the larger progressive network, has failed to recognize the incredibly effective strategies that have allowed the Right to take over the political systems of the country.  Jeni Krencicki and Dahvi Wilson identified ten lessons that environmentalists and progressives more broadly must master in order to elevate their cause to a position equal to that of the Right.

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Tags: Ted Nordhaus, separation of church and state, Religious Right, progressive infrastruc, Michael Shellenberger, environmental movement, Death of Environmentalism, conservative movement, conservative infrastructure, Bush administration, anti-environmentalism


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