The Welfare State and Local Government

Theodore J. Lowi

Theodore J. Lowi is John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions at Cornell University. He has also taught at Columbia University and the University of Chicago. He received his B.A. degree from Michigan State University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University. His work has earned him numerous honors including the Guggenheim Fellowship and Fulbright Distinguished Fellowship. He has had published a wide range of books and articles on American government, starting in 1964 with At the Pleasure of the Mayor: Patronage and Power in New York City, including The End of Liberalism, to most recently, The Personal President; Power Invested, Promise Unfulfilled. Professor Lowi is currently in France working on a new book.