Government in the United States, National, State and Local

The author's aim in writing this book has been to present in an elementary way the leading facts concerning the organization and activities of national, state, and local government in the United States. He has given rather greater emphasis than is customarily done in textbooks of this character to what may be called the dynamics of government, that is, its actual workings, as contradistinguished from organization. Likewise, the author has highlighted the activities and methods of political parties, party conventions, primaries, the conduct of political campaigns, the regulation of campaign methods, and the like. The increasing importance of citizenship has led the author to devote a chapter to that subject.