Ball, Terence

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BALL, Terence

BALL, Terence. American, b. 1944. Genres: Mystery/Crime/Suspense, Politics/Government. Career: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, assistant professor, 1972-75, associate professor, 1975-82, professor of political science, 1982-; Arizona State University, Dept of Political Science. Visiting professor at Oxford University, 1978-79, 1993, 1995, 1998, and University of California, San Diego, 1984. Conference for the Study of Political Thought, member of executive committee. Commentator for local television stations. Publications: (with J. Farr) After Marx, 1984; Idioms of Inquiry, 1987; Transforming Political Discourse, 1988; (ed. with J.G.A. Pocock) Conceptual Change and the Constitution, 1988; (ed. with J. Farr and R.L. Hanson) Political Innovation and Conceptual Change, 1989; (with R. Dagger) Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal, 1991, 4th ed., 2002; (ed.) James Mill: Political Writings, 1992; Reappraising Political Theory, 1995; (ed. with J. Appleby) Thomas Jefferson: Political Writings, 1997; Rousseau's Ghost: A Novel, 1998; (ed. with R. Bellamy) The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Political Thought, 2002. Contributor to political science journals. Address: Department of Political Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2001, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]