Political literacy can be compared to smart shopping. Increasing one''s political awareness is like reading the ingredients labels in the grocery store. It gives people a better sense the relevance, accessibility, and potential of political agency on a personal level.

This serious, sometimes alarming, but always empowering book offers insight into the benefits to both individuals and societies of cultivating greater political literacy. The authors strive to present the subject without agenda, bias, or regionalism, in order to maintain a broad appeal to voters and consumer of mass media of any given political persuasion.

The book is for readers feeling overwhelmed by info overload, and want to better navigate the avalanche of political information and misinformation we''re all exposed to daily, and wish to make better decisions.