Benjamin Ginsberg

Benjamin Ginsberg , Ph.D., is the David Bernstein Professor of Political Science, Director of the Center for the Study of American Government, and Chair of the Government Program of Advanced Academic Programs at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of numerous books on American government and politics including: Downsizing Democracy, The Fatal Embrace; Embattled Democracy; Democrats Return to Power; Politics by Other Means, The Captive Public; Do Elections Matter?; American Government: Freedom and Power; The Consequences of Consent; and Poliscide. Most recently, Ginsberg has authored The American Lie: Government by the People and other Political Fables, and co-authored Presidential Power: Unchecked and Unbalanced. The textbook he co-authors with Theodore J. Lowi is the most widely used American government textbook in the country.

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