The late Edward C. Banfield tested the conventional opinions of intellectual elite against the practical needs of ordinary people.

Few social scientists, and even fewer political scientists, have done as much to improve American life as James Q. Wilson, who died last week at age 80.

This book of essays includes Edward C.Banfield's most important insights into the American political system.

This rereleased AEI Classic deals with the theory of foreign aid, defined as technical assistance and capital grants and loans to underdeveloped countries for non-military purposes.

No environmental problem is more important than that posed by the degradation of our cities, and we must reflect on the factors that might prevent or reverse the decay that we are witnessing. In urban planning, civic leaders should think in terms of fostering beauty through the use of aesthetic constraints.

Of the riots here, there is both less and more than meets the eye.

Though Banfield's writings were dismissed, some of the most highly respected works of social science in recent years have "discovered" truths he articulated decades ago.

Christopher DeMuth--thinker, strategist, administrator.