David Halleis professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and director ofthe summer travel program, UCLA in New York: Cities and Cultures. He is also an adjunct professor at the City University of New York's Graduate Center and School of Professional Studies and the author ofAmerica's Working ManandInside Culture, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
Dennis R. Judd is professor of political science and senior scholar in the Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago. Dick Simpson is professor and head of the department of political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago.