V.1. The American legislative system in historical context -- Legislative recru itment, personnel, and elections -- v.2. Legislative structures and processes - - Legislative behavior -- v.3. Legislatures and public policy -- Legislatures w ithin the political system.

Annotation The Encyclopedia contains articles on a range of topics that provide an understanding of the federal and state legislatures of the U.S. Coverage includes the electoral process, committees, rules, procedures, and powers from Colonial times to the present.

An encyclopedia covers the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the United States government.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Democracy is a single-volume version of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Democracy. Not a condensation, the new Concise was created to address the special needs of smaller libraries. The more than 300 articles include concepts, countries, and individuals, emphasizing the historical and practical, rather than the strictly theoretical. While the coverage is international in scope, special emphasis, in the Concise, is given to the democracies of the West. As well as including the most important entries from the four-volume original work, the ConciseEncyclopediaofDemocracy also includes new entries on the Constitution of the United States, general government practices in the democracies, etc. The 150 maps, photographs, charts, and timelines are designed to present the researcher with information in a concise, visual form.