Gerry Patnode’s (Educational Leadership and Change, ’02), book Strategic Citizen: A Citizen's Guide to Playing and Winning the Game of Politics, was recently released in paperback.

The book can be ordered at amazon.com, which describes the book as a “guide to the game of politics” and the behavior of the players and a practical guide for understanding the process within which politicians make decisions on who and what to support. Patnode “offers a plan and process for individuals and groups in how to influence and control public decisions and public policy.”