Why They Call It Politics: A Guide to America's Government

by Robert Sherrill

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0155960016
• ISBN13: 9780155960015
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Painful, Yet True

This book describes the how and why of American politics. It's often not pretty, but it is none the less true. It not only explains the nuts-and-bolts of the American political process, but the reasons for it.If you've been confused by the way our government works, hang on! You're about to go on the roller coaster ride of a lifetime...Or maybe it's a Merry-Go-Round. Finally, your eyes will be opened. The conservatives are not the monsters you were led to believe they were. The liberals are not the do-gooders you thought they were.Be warned, read this and you will no longer be able to hide your head in the sand.