01557     2200253   4500001002100000005001500021008004100036020001800077035001900095041000800114082001200122084001800134100001100152700001300163700001000176700001100186700001300197245008700210260002600297300003300323520080400356650005601160500008701216INLIS00000000000881120200508204532200508|||||||||   |   |||   |||| ||eng||  a9780313347627  0010-0520008811  aeng0 a320.473  a320.473/STA/H0 aStarks0 aGlenn L.0 a1966-0 aBrooks0 aF. Erik.00aHow Your Government Really Works, A Topical Encyclopedia of the Federal Government  aWestport, Conn.c2008  axvi, 334 p.b: ill. ;c26 cm  aThe U.S. government is an ever-more-complex system that few American citizens comprehend in any detail. Even some of its most basic operations, seemingly clear in concept, are in reality intricate and obscure. Although textbooks explain how the government is supposed to work in theory, they don't reveal how it actually works in practice. This book offers a concise and objective explanation of government operations, mapping the federal government's branches, departments, agencies, corporations, and quasi-official bodies—and the bureaucracies that support them. The authors effectively bridge the gap between the government's ideal, balanced structure, laid out in the Constitution, and its actual institutionalized form today, making this a superb resource for students and citizens at large. 0aFederal government --United States --Encyclopedias.  a<a href="https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/2MEZ/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=idmk">e-book</a>