American Government 5e

This book is an original, brief, American Government text. Hence, it has a consistency and coherence that one does not find in abridged versions of longer texts. Its principal theme is the effect of socio-economic change on the development of American political institutions and practices. Each of the text's fifteen chapters opens with an historical discussion of the major topic of the chapter (i.e. federalism, elections, the presidency), describes the contemporary state of the process or institution, and closes with a discussion on the possible changes and reforms that the future holds. The book is written in a straightforward, accessible, essay voice, that takes care not to talk down to students or their teachers.