Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Political Primer for the New Voter All who are interested in the great problems of the individual and of society, must first of all obtain a knowl edge of the structure and functions of the government under which they live. This is infinitely essential, when, as in our case, people either govern themselves or at least are supposed to govern themselves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.