Behind the brash showmanship of modern Republican and Democratic party conventions, the vicious electioneering, the spectacle of congressional hearings and the continuous, unforgiving media attention, there lies the world's longest running experiment in practical government, an experiment as confused, contradictory and colourful as the people who run it. This guide offers an up-to-date account of the workings, functions and relations of American institutions, from the Constitution and the Presidency, through Congress and the Supreme Court, to the complex bureaucracy which underpins them all.
- ISBN10 0006863620
- ISBN13 9780006863625
- Publish Date 21 October 1996 (first published 31 May 1976)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Fontana Press
- Edition 4th Revised edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 364
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk