Robert C. Grady is emeritus professor of political science at Eastern Michigan University. He received degrees from Centre College and Vanderbilt University. His research and teaching interests are seventeenth through nineteenth century British and American political theory, contemporary democratic theory, and American politics and government. His articles have appeared in Interpretation, Journal of Politics, Political Science Quarterly, and Polity. Restoring Real Representation was published by University of Illinois Press. He has applied theory to practice, serving briefly on the Ann Arbor, Michigan, city council.