Reaching Across the Aisle: Innovations for Cross-Party Collaboration
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- Synopsis
- Although many Republicans and Democrats, as individuals, know how to play the role of bridge builders and mediators, the built-in polarization of the two-party system turns the aisle between the parties into a chasm. This partisan stronghold greatly inhibits bipartisan collaboration. But can partisan leaders work for bipartisan purposes? What are the obstacles and rewards for doing so? What are the trade-offs between working together across the aisle and working effectively within one's own party? What is the relationship between group leadership and intergroup leadership? In this chapter, Mark Gerzon draws on his own experience as a participant and observer in more than a decade of bipartisan retreats and training with members of the U.S. House of Representatives to address these important questions. This chapter was previously published as chapter 15 of "Crossing the Divide: Intergroup Leadership in a World of Difference."
- Copyright:
- 2009
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Publisher:
- Harvard Business Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 08/02/16
- Copyrighted By:
- HBS Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Business and Finance
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.