Republican Like Me - How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right

In this controversial National Bestseller, the former CEO of NPR sets out for conservative America wondering why these people are so wrong about everything. It turns out, they aren't. Ken Stern watched the increasing polarization of our country with growing concern. As a longtime partisan Democrat himself, he felt forced to acknowledge that his own views were too parochial, too absent of any exposure to the "other side." In fact, his urban neighborhood is so liberal, he couldn't find a single Republican--even by asking around. So for one year, he crossed the aisle to spend time listening, talking, and praying with Republicans of all stripes. With his mind open and his dial tuned to the right, he went to evangelical churches, shot a hog in Texas, stood in pit row at a NASCAR race, hung out at Tea Party meetings and sat in on Steve Bannon's radio show. He also read up on conservative wonkery and consulted with the smartest people the right has to offer. What happens when a liberal sets out to look at issues from a conservative perspective? Some of his dearly cherished assumptions about the right slipped away. Republican Like Me reveals what lead him to change his mind, and his view of an increasingly polarized America.

Product details

• Authors: Ken Stern, Kenneth Stern
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780062460783
• ISBN: 978-0-06-246078-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Evolution, Geopolitics, social and political philosophy, Biology, life sciences, Social, group or collective psychology, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Centrist democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Evolution, POLITICAL SCIENCE: General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: World / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Commentary & Opinion, POLITICAL SCIENCE: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY, Political Science / Political Sociology