Joseph Romanceis associate professor of political science at Fort Hays State University, teaching in the fields of American politics and political theory. He received a BA from the College of William and Mary and a PhD from Rutgers University. He is coauthor, with Theodore Lowi and Gerald Pomper, of "A Republic of Parties: Debating the Two Party System;" coauthor of and contributor to "Democracy and Excellence: Conflict or Concord?;" and coeditor of "Democracy s Literature." His articles and reviews have appeared in a number of journals, including "American Review of Politics, The Responsive C...