The March 21, 2010, edition of the Chicago Sun-Times profiled the new University of Illinois Press book Illinois Politics: A Citizen’s Guide by James Nowlan, Samuel Gove, and Richard Winkel.

“It’s easy to get lost in the state’s labyrinth of government and political parties, but now there’s a new map to guide Illinois residents through the maze. Illinois Politics: A Citizen’s Guide spells out how government works in Illinois — or how it doesn’t work, as is so often the case. The book covers everything from Chicago ward bosses to Springfield lobbyists, explaining how the system works and the history of how things got to be this way.”