Organized to follow the syllabus of a typical US government course, this book covers the major topics without excessive detail. In addition to updating information throughout, Skidmore and Tripp have added the results of the 1992 election, expanded the coverage of gender and multicultural themes, and replaced four of the case studies. There is also a chapter on interest groups and the media.;Other books by Max Skidmore include "American Political Thought", "The World of Politics" (with J. Barnes and Marshall Carter Tripp) and "Political Ideologies".