Böcker av Christopher Schaefer

"We recognize that we have moved into a new globalism: that the world is one, economically and geopolitically; and that futurists extol the possibilities opened up by the new complex of silicon-based electronic interactive networks. Yet, at the same time, our thinking about who we are and what we are capable of as human beings remains pitifully inadequate and largely determined by nineteenth-century models. Thus, all talk of 'family values, ' of 'virtues, ' of new forms of collaboration and cooperation tends either to miss the point for to reinforce the most regressive aspects of our technology." ("Spirituality and Social Renewal series introduction)How can we foster the development of initiatives?How can enterprises such as community projects, schools, farms, and businesses be established in the best possible ways?How can we work as equals, sharing responsibilities and encouraging one another in our development while offering the highest-quality product or service?Vision in Action is a workbook for all who are involved in social creation--collaborative actions that can influence the social environment within which we live and where our ideas and actions can make a difference. This volume is a user-friendly, hands-on guide for developing healthy small organizations--ones with soul and spirit.

Volume Two of Project Mastodon: Building a Twenty-First Century Republican Party, explores Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's meteoric rise to power, the controversy surrounding his signing of Wisconsin Act 10, and successful reelection campaign in 2014.The author, a field director during the 2014 reelection campaign, chronicles his success using big data, analytics and new technology to propel Governor Walker to a twenty percentage point victory in the Green Bay, Wisconsin television market. Volume Two continue where its predecessor left off, by arguing that new-style, twenty-first century campaigns, if they are to succeed, must spend millions of dollars on data acquisition, analytics, the hiring of behavioral scientists, and new technology. The series' reference section is contained exclusively in volume two of Schaefer's magnum opus on new-style, twenty-first century campaigns.

Project Mastodon: Building a twenty-first century Republican Party explores the two-party political dynamic in the Obama era and beyond. Through the use of mixed-methods research, Christopher J. Schaefer develops a comprehensive program for building a more robust and diverse Republican party.

A Risky Solution for America: The Case Against an Article V Convention, argues that nullification, and electing politicians who possess a fidelity to the United States Constitution, not an Article V Convention, are the only effective means for amending the Constitution.