Polarized Politics Paperback Edition
Jon R. Bond(Ph.D., University of Illinois at  Urbana-Champaign) is Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M; University. He has published articles on presidential-congressional relations, congressional  elections, and public policy in theAmerican Political Science Review,Journal of Politics,American Journal of Political  Science,Political Research Quarterly,Legislative Studies  Quarterly, andPolity. He is coauthor with Richard Fleisher ofThe  President in the Legislative Arena. He was an American Political Science Assocation Congressional Fellow and has served as coeditor of theJournal of Politicsand on the executive councils of the Midwest Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha. He is a member of the Publications Committee of the American Political Science Association.Richard Fleisher(Ph.D., University of Illinois at  Urbana-Champaign) is Professor of Political Science at Fordham University. He has  published articles on presidential-congressional relations, congressional  elections, constituency influence on roll call voting, and electoral alignments inAmerican Political Science Review,Journal of Politics,American Journal of Political Science,Political Research Quarterly,Legislative Studies Quarterly,American  Politics Quarterly, andPolitical Science Quarterly. He is coauthor ofThe President in the Legislative Arena. He is currently serving  as chair of his department and continuing his research on congressional decision making.