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Thomas R Dye is president of the Lincoln Center for Public Service, a nonprofit and educational organization based in Florida. He was formerly McKenzie Professor of Government at Florida State University.  Dye is the author of numerous best selling books and articles on American government and public policy, including "The Irony of Democracy" (10th ed); "Politics in States and Communities" (9th ed); "Understanding Public Policy" (9th ed); "Who's Running America?" (6th ed); "American Politics in the Media Age"; "Power in Society";  "American Federalism"; "Politics, Economics and the Public"; "Politics in America" (3rd ed).