American Politics: How it Really Works

Politics is all around us—in our schools, in our workplaces, and, of course, in our government. There, whether we are aware of it or not, politics influences our lives today and our dreams for tomorrow.

In this timely, fascinating analysis of the American political process, the noted social historian Milton Meltzer takes a fresh look at federal, state, and local politics, and at the effect of politics on the press, on the courts, and on campaigns and the electoral system, as well as on lobbyists and bureaucrats.