Politics In the American States: A Comparative Analysis, 9th Edition
Virginia Grayis the Robert Watson Winston Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She teaches and does research on state politics, public policy, and interest groups. She has published numerous articles and books on these topics, includingThe Population Ecology of Interest Representation(with David Lowery) andMinnesota Politics and Government(with Daniel Elazar and Wyman Spano)Russell L. Hansonis Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he has taught since 1980. He is interested in American federalism and has published articles on political culture and welfare policymaking in the states. Among his books areGoverning Partners: State-Local Relations in the United States(1998) andReconsidering the Democratic Debate(1993).