Lewis Anthony Dexter (1915-1995), lectured at over thirty universities including Harvard University, Howard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His books include American Business and Public Policy, How Organizations Are Represented in Washington, and Representation versus Direct Democracy. Martin Sanchez-Jankowski is professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in the sociology of poverty and is the author of Cracks in the Pavement: Social Change and Resilience in Poor Neighborhoods, among other books. Alan Ware is professor of politics, Worcester College, University of Oxford, specializing in American politics and is the author of The Democratic Party Heads North, 1877-1862 and The American Direct Primary among other books.