基本信息出版社：Alpha
页码：416 页
出版日期：2005年06月
ISBN：1592573282
International Standard Book Number：1592573282
条形码：9781592573288
EAN：9781592573288
版本：2
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语
丛书名：The Complete Idiot's Guide

内容简介 The most up-to-date general reference book on the history and structure of U.S. government.

This overview of all the government?s major institutions and agencies, the election process, and the creation and passing of laws and taxes has been updated with the latest information on such important issues as campaign finance reform, fundraising, and homeland security.

? Completely updated resource section includes the latest government websites

? The only American government book to include the results of the 2004 presidential election

? Re-structured to complement high school and college political science/civics courses
作者简介 Mary Shaffrey is the Washington correspondent for the Winston- Salem Journal. In 2004, she covered the presidential and later vice presidential campaign of U.S. Senator John Edwards.

Melanie Fonder is the press secretary for Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle. She most recently was associate editor for WisPolitics.com, an online political news service. Fonder is working on her M.A. at the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin.