Why They Call it Politics : a Guide to America's Government. (Paperback, 5th edition)

Lively and informal, this provocative, sometimes irreverent, often witty, and always informative book covers the fundamental institutions and topics of American government. Well documented and containing many illustrative examples, the text offers a critical and entertaining survey of American government. It conveys a sense of the corruptibility of people and institutions and the reasons for the concentration of wealth in the hands of few. This book is appropriate as the main text or as one of several for the introductory American government course.