The thoroughly revised and updated new 7th edition of this well-established textbook continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the history, structure, institutions, and policies of the American political system.

1. The Framework of American Politics 2. Making the Laws: The American Congress 3. Law Execution: The President and Administration 4. Law Adjudication: The Supreme Court and the Judiciary 5. Pressure Group Politics 6. Party Politics 7. Elections and Voting 8. Federalism, the States and Local Government. Appendices

Alan Grant is Principal Lecturer in the Politics Department at Oxford Brookes University. He is the editor and co-author of Contemporary American Politics (1995) and American Politics: 2000 and Beyond and co-author of The 'Politics Today' Companion to American Government (2002).