Provides information about all major and most minor third political parties or candidates in American history, including major independent candidacies; featuring historical essays on third parties, forty third-party maps, discussion of various third parties, biographies, a glossary, bibliographies, and indexes.
Profiles nearly two hundred interest groups, describing their history, activities, agenda, and financial facts, and presents tables and figures showing the donation totals of political action committees and the lobbying expenses of various groups in 1997 and 1998. Also includes a glossary, a bibliography, and contact information for approximately 180 interest groups.
Presents overviews of sixteen major American social movements, such as the civil rights, women's, gay and lesbian, and global justice movements, describing their histories, doctrines, branches, and goals.
