TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rockwell,Stephen J.
AU  - Woll,Peter
TI  - American government: competition and compromise 
SN  - 0070392129 (acidfree paper)
AV  - JK31 .R56 2001
U1  - 320.973 21
PY  - 2001///]
CY  - Boston
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - Democracy
KW  - United States
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part One. Americans and Politics. 1. The Media. 2. Interest Groups. 3. Political Parties. 4. Elections, Campaigns, and Voting. Part Two. Competition by Design. 5. The Constitution. 6. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. Part Three. Institutions and Governing. 7. The Bureaucracy. 8. The Presidency. 9. Congress. 10. The Judiciary
N2  - A brief introduction to American government. The book opens by discussing the media, the place where the public see the government daily. Then it moves to looking at the more traditional topics of constitution and institutions of government.
ER  -