Reclaiming Our Democracy: Healing the Break Between People and Government, 20th Anniversary Edition

by Sam Daley-Harris, Muhammad Yunus (Foreword by)

Overview

Most people see working to end global poverty and ensure a stable climate as a fool s errand. Add to that the Citizens United decision and the flood of money rushing into politics and the despair grows deeper. But activist and author Sam Daley-Harris has helped thousands of ordinary citizens transform from hopeless bystanders to powerful advocates.

This 20th anniversary edition has a new chapter on the groundbreaking work of Citizens Climate Lobby, an increasingly powerful new advocacy group following the RESULTS model, and another new chapter on the Center for Citizen Empowerment and Transformation, a new initiative focused on spreading the original concepts developed by RESULTS.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148488941
Publisher:	Camino Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/23/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	312
File size:	808 KB

About the Author

Sam Daley-Harris founded RESULTS in 1980, the Microcredit Summit in 1995, and the Center for Citizen Empowerment and Transformation in 2012. He began coaching the founder of Citizens Climate Lobby in the months prior to its launch in 2007. Ashoka founder Bill Drayton has called him “one of the certified great social entrepreneurs of the last decades.”

Editorial Reviews

[T]his book...is about uncovering and then lighting up the unquenchable desire in each of us to make a difference in the world. It is about providing a powerful structure of support so that our courage is what drives us, not our fear. That is why this 20th anniversary edition of Reclaiming Our Democracy is so critically important.

Nobel Peace Prize Laurete - Muhammad Yunus

Many of the world s problems, including poverty, poor health, and ignorance are correctable. In Reclaiming Our Democracy, Sam Daley-Harris shows us how to take action to eliminate these problems. And he provides a road map for global involvement in planning a better future.

President - Jimmy Carter