Thorough yet concise, this popular brief book emphasizes the historical development of the American political system, who governs, and to what ends. The twelfth edition of AMERICAN GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES, BRIEF VERSION, offers coverage of the 2014 campaigns and elections budget battles and the sequestration of funds ongoing debates about immigration, gay marriage, and other key issues in American politics and foreign-policy decisions on Afghanistan, the Middle East, and North Korea.,
