American Politics: A Very Short Introduction

Author/Contributor(s):	Valelly, Richard M
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	03/11/2013
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

This concise volume fills a long-standing need for a sophisticated, brief primer on American national politics. A major theme of the book is the interplay between constitutional and extra-constitutional institutions and political processes. It provides engaging and exceptionally instructive treatments of the nuts-and-bolts of how American politics works and of the strengths of American democracy, while candidly considering gaps in representation and the issue of increasing income inequality.