Robert Weissberg

Robert Weissberg is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Illinois. He is the author of the books, American Democracy: Theory & Reality (1972), Political Learning, Political Choice, & Democratic Citizenship (1974), Elementary Political Analysis (co-authored with Herbert Jacob, 1975), Understanding American Government (1979), Political Tolerance: Balancing Community and Diversity (1998), Democracy and the Academy (2000), Polling, Policy, and Public Opinion: The Case Against Heeding the "Voice of the People" (2002), The Limits of Civic Activism: Cautionary Tales on the Use of Politics (2004) and Pernicious Tolerance: How Teaching to "Accept Differences" Undermines Civil Society (2008). Weissberg has also written for magazines such as Forbes and The Weekly Standard.