William J. Crotty is the Thomas P. O Neill Chair in Public Life and Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy at Northeastern University. He is the author of a number of books and studies on political parties and elections and has been a recipient of the Samuel J. Eldersveld Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Political Science Association s Political Organization and Parties Section (as well as other distinctions). The outstanding contributors to this volume include: Randall E. Adkins William J. Crotty Andrew J. Dowdle Richard L. Fox Stephen E. Frantzich Hans Noel Shayla C. Nun...