Encyclopedia of American Government and Civics

The first two volumes, dealing with the three branches of federal government, civil rights, civic responsibilities, and political panicipation, as well as the foundations and history of American government, are on target, highly readable, and informative. The inclusion of a third volume dealing with public policy, state and local government, and international politics and economics, while relevant in the sense that those issues are part of American politics, seems to take the encyclopedia off on tangents.