American Government: Power and Purpose, Tenth Brief Edition
Theodore J. Lowihas been John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions at Cornell University since 1972. He was elected President of the American Political Science Association in 1990 and was cited as the political scientist who made the most significant contribution to the field during the 1970s. He is currently first vice-president of the International Political Science Association and a member of its research committee on world pluralism and minority representation. Among his numerous books areThe End of LiberalismandThe Pursuit of Justice(co-authored with Robert F. Kennedy).Benjamin Ginsbergis the David Bernstein Professor of Politics at The Johns Hopkins University. His booksThe Captive PublicandPolitics by Other Meansare widely used in college courses. His most recent book is the highly regardedDownsizing Democracy: How America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public.Kenneth A. Shepsleis the George D. Markham Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is the author or co-author of several books, includingPolitics in Plural Societies: A Theory of Democratic Instability, The Giant Jigsaw Puzzle: Democratic Committee Assignments in the Modern House, Models of Multiparty Electoral Competition, andMaking and Breaking Governments. He has editedThe Congressional Budget Process: Some Views from the Inside, Political Equilibrium, Perspectives on Positive Political Economy, andCabinet Ministers and Parliamentary Government. He has also authored numerous articles on formal political theory, congressional politics, public policy, and political economy. He is the co-author of the successful undergraduate textAnalyzing Politics: Rationality, Behavior, and Institutions.