Politics Is about Relationship A Blueprint for the Citizens Century [Paperback]

In this straightforward exploration of core problems facing humanity, Harold Saunders outlines how concerned citizens can bring about social and political change. Using examples from the U.S. to South Africa, Tajikistan to China, this book is full of real stories of how building 'relationship' among people can empower citizens outside government.Introduction: Meeting the Challenges of a World in Crisis: Engaging Whole Bodies Politic Our Starting Points Politics Is About...? A Proper World View, Appropriate for Its Time The Paradigm and the Concept The Relational Paradigm: A Multilevel Political Process of Continuous Interaction The Concept of Relationship Dialogue Makes it Happen A Different Way of Thinking - Another Way of Relating Transformation in South Africa: A People Engaged Public Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in Tajikistan Power and Public Work in West Virginia Citizens Talk about the Russia-U.S. Relationship Conducting the China-U.S. Relationship: A Diplomat's View The Citizens' Century What Difference Does It Make? What Makes This Difference?

I congratulate Hal Saunders for urging practitioners, academics, and other readers to recognize those in the private sector as indispensable political actors. I can testify to the remarkable energy, ability, creativity, and determination of individuals in meeting the challenges to human progress our world faces. This ground-breaking political paradigm deserves our most serious attention. - Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States and Nobel Laureate

Hal Saunders has written an insightful and thought-provoking book that should be read by anyone concerned about improving negotiating methods and approaches. - Henry A. Kissinger, Former Secretary of State

Hal Saunders has written a remarkable book, brimming with insights that will challenge scholars and policymakers alike. He dares to offer a unified theory of politics, allowing us to see the world whole in a wal“P