Benjamin Ginsberg

Benjamin Ginsberg is the David Bernstein Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Center for Advanced Governmental Studies at the Johns Hopkins University. He is the author or coauthor of 20 books including Presidential Power: Unchecked and Unbalanced; Downsizing Democracy: How America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public; Politics by Other Means; The Consequences of Consent; and The Captive Public. Ginsberg received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1973. Before joining the Hopkins faculty in 1992, Ginsberg was Professor of Government at Cornell. His most recent book is The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why It Matters.

Books by Benjamin Ginsberg

  1. Book CoverAmerican Government: Power and Purpose

    Eleventh Edition (with policy chapters)

    The best text for teaching students to think analytically about American politics.More

  2. Book CoverAmerican Government: Power and Purpose

    Full Tenth Edition (with policy chapters) - 2008 Election Update

    American Government does more than any other text to get students to think analytically about American politics and government.More

  3. Book CoverAmerican Government: Power and Purpose

    Full Eleventh Edition, 2010 Election Update (with policy chapters)

    The best text for teaching students to think analytically about American politics.More

  4. Book CoverAmerican Government: Power and Purpose

    Brief Twelfth Edition

    A brief text that gets students thinking analytically.More

  5. Book CoverAmerican Government: Power and Purpose

    Full Twelfth Edition (with policy chapters)

    Always authoritative. More contemporary than ever.More

  6. Book CoverAmerican Government: Power and Purpose

    Core Twelfth Edition (without policy chapters)

    Always authoritative. More contemporary than ever.More

  7. Book CoverAmerican Government: Power and Purpose

    Core Twelfth Edition, 2012 Election Update (without policy chapters)

    Always authoritative. More contemporary than ever.More

  8. Book CoverA Guide to the United States Constitution

    Second Edition

    A Guide to the United States Constitution, Second Edition, takes readers through every section of the Constitution and its twenty-seven amendments.More

  9. Book CoverPolitics by Other Means: Politicians, Prosecutors, and the Press from Watergate to Whitewater

    Third Edition

    As scandals increasingly dominate the political agenda, Benjamin Ginsberg and Martin Shefter argue in this illuminating book, the United States is entering an era of postelectoral politics, with media revelations, congressional investigations, and judicial proceedings replacing elections as the primary tools of political competition.More

  10. Book CoverPresidential Power: Unchecked & Unbalanced


    A new history and evaluation of the "imperial presidency."More

  11. Book CoverPresidential Power: Unchecked & Unbalanced

    College Edition

    A new history and evaluation of the "imperial presidency."More

  12. Book CoverWe the People: An Introduction to American Politics

    Full Ninth Edition (with policy chapters)

    Politics is relevant.More

  13. Book CoverWe the People: An Introduction to American Politics

    Ninth Essentials Edition

    Content instructors trust—in a low-priced, very brief textMore

  14. Book CoverWe the People: An Introduction to American Politics

    Ninth Texas Edition

    Politics is relevant.More

  15. Book CoverWe the People: An Introduction to American Politics

    Full Seventh Edition (with policy chapters)

    Emphasizing the relevance of politics and government in everyday life, We the People, Seventh Edition, continues to provide tools to help students think critically about American government and politics.More

  16. Book CoverWe the People: An Introduction to American Politics

    Eighth Essentials Edition

    Politics is relevant.More

  17. Book CoverWe the People: An Introduction to American Politics

    Full Eighth Edition (with policy chapters)

    Politics is relevant.More