Charles O. Jones

Charles O. Jones (born 1931) is Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.^[1] He is a graduate of the University of South Dakota and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.^[2] He has been a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Guggenheim fellow.^[3] He is a leading scholar of American politics. He is also a non-resident Senior Fellow in the Governmental Studies Program at The Brookings Institution. Jones has written or edited 18 books and contributed over 100 articles and book chapters.

Academic career

Jones has held a number of distinguished academic appointments, including:

• Professor of Political Science, University of Virginia
• Hawkins Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• John Olin Professor of American Government, Oxford University
• Non-resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
• President, American Political Science Association

Scholarly focus

Jones has written broadly on American politics, but his primary focus has been on the relationship between the Congress and the President. He has written a number of influential books, including The Presidency in a Separated System^[4] and An Introduction to Public Policy.^[5]

See also

• Harold Lasswell

Notes and references

1. Charles O. Jones - Miller Center of Public Affairs
2. Charles O. Jones: political institutionalist. - PS: Political Science & Politics | HighBeam Research - FREE trial
3. All Fellows - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Archived June 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
4. The Presidency in a Separated System by Charles O. Jones
5. Book Review on "An Introduction to Public Policy" by Charles O. Jones