Transpartisan Theory & Background – Reading List

Key Books

• Lawrence Chickering & James Turner, Voice of the People: The Transpartisan Imperative in American Life
• Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer, Bring Citizen Voices to the Table
• Ralph Nader, Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State
• William Ury, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In
• Charles Wheelan, The Centrist Manifesto
• Linda Killian, The Swing Vote
• Jaqueline S. Salit, Independents Rising: Outsider Movements, Third Parties, and the Struggle for a Post-Partisan America
• Erik Fogg & Nathaniel Greene, Wedged: How You Became a Tool of the Partisan Political Establishment, and How to Start Thinking for Yourself Again.
• Bill Shireman, Innovation Nation: Toward A Right-Left Alliance to Unleash America’s Creative Capacity and Entrepreneurial Energy
• Ray LaHood, Seeking Bipartisanship: My Life in Politics
• Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind

Other Reading

• Mark Andreas, Sweet Fruit from the Bitter Tree
• E.J. Dionne, Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent
• Mickey Edwards, The Parties versus the People: How to Turn Republicans and Democrats into Americans
• Richard Harwood, The Work of Hope: How Individuals and Organizations Can Authentically Do Good
• Mike Lofgren, The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted
• Thomas Mann & Norman Ornstein, It Even Worse than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism
• George Packer, The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
• Parker Palmer, Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit
• Wendell Potter and Nick Penniman, Nation On The Take
• Hedrick Smith, Who Stole the American Dream?
• William Ury,
  • The Third Side: Why We Fight and How We Can Stop
  • The Power of a Positive No: Save the Deal, Save the Relationship, and Still Say No
• Ken Wilber, A Brief History of Everything