American Politics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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.

• • Author: Richard M. Valelly
• • Publisher: Oxford University Press
• • Publication Date: March 11, 2013
• • Number of Pages: 152 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 0195373855
• • ISBN-13: 9780195373851