The American Political System

A contemporary framework without the fluff.

Kollman presents students with a simple framework―politics is about collective dilemmas and the institutions that solve them―and applies it consistently throughout. How can 535 members of Congress get anything done? What is the committee system? How can the president change the immigration policy? Can it be done through executive orders? Instead of burying concepts in history or minutiae, Kollman's concise text gets right to the heart of political science.

• Readings in American Politics: Analysis and Perspectives (Fourth Edition)
• The American Anomaly
• Critical Thinking and American Government
• How Democratic is the American Constitution? Second Edition
• Readings in American Politics: Analysis and Perspectives, 3rd Edition
• Faultlines: Debating the Issues in American Politics (Fifth Edition)
• The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
• Governing Texas (Third Edition)
• A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers
• Them: Why We Hate Each Other--and How to Heal