V. E. Konoli (William Eugene Connolly) je politički teoretičar poznat po svojim radovima o demokratiji i pluralizmu. On je Krieger-Eisenhower profesor političkih nauka na Univerzitetu Johns Hopkins. Njegov rad iz 1974. godine The Terms of Political Discourse osvojio je nagradu Benjamin Lippincott iz 1999. godine.
Njegovi radovi:

• Political science and ideology. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. 2006. ISBN 9780202308517. (Reissue of 1967 book.)
• The terms of political discourse (3rd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell. 1993. ISBN 9780631189596. (First edition was 1974.)
• Connolly, William E.; Best, Michael H. (1976). The politicized economy. Lexington, Massachusetts: Heath. ISBN 9780669971620.
• Appearance and reality in politics. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. 1981. ISBN 9780521230261.
• Politics and ambiguity. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. 1987. ISBN 9780299109905.
• Political theory and modernity. Oxford, UK New York: B. Blackwell. 1989. ISBN 9780631170341.
• Identity, difference democratic negotiations of political paradox (revised ed.). Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press. 2002. ISBN 9780816640867. (First edition was 1991.)
• The Augustinian imperative: a reflection on the politics of morality (1st ed.). Newbury Park: Sage Publications. 1993. ISBN 9780803936362.
  Revised as: The Augustinian imperative: a reflection on the politics of morality (2nd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. 2002. ISBN 9780742521476.
  Reviewed as: Cahalen, Deborah J. (October 1996). „Review of Connolly, William E., The ethos of pluralization“. H-Pol.