John Berg, Professor

 

John C. Berg, Professor

Chair, Government Department
Associate Fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford
Fulbright Senior Specialist

 

 

Mailing Address

Suffolk University
8 Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108

 

Office Location

20 Ashburton Place, 2nd Floor, Room 203
Phone: 617.573.8126
Email: jberg@suffolk.edu

 

Fields of Interest

  • Parties and party systems, especially minor parties
  • Legislative Politics
  • Interest groups and lobbying
  • American political development
  • Environmental politics

Employment

  • At Suffolk since 1974
  • Previously legislative research assistant to Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-WI)

Education

  • BA, University of Wisconsin, 1964
  • Ma (1973), PhD (1975), Harvard University

Other Activities

  • Chair, Research Committee #49, "Socialism, Capitalism, and Democracy" of the International Political Science Association
  • Associate Fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford
  • Fullbright Senior Specialist, 2005-2010 (University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukriane, 2005; Cheju National University, Korea, 2006)
  • President, Northeastern Political Science Association, 2003-2004
  • Chair, New Politcal Science Section, American Political Science Association, 2001-2003
  • Reviews Editor, New Political Science, 1998-2003 

Publications

  • Author: Unequal Struggle: Class, Gender, Race and Power in the US Congress (Boulder: Westview, 1994).
  • Editor: Teamsters and Turtles? Progressive US Political Movements in the Twenty-First Century (Boulder: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003)

Courses Taught

  • GVT 110 - Intro. to American Democracy
  • GVT 120 - Research Methods
  • GVT 347 - Legislative Process
  • GVT 473 - American Political Thought
  • GVT 475 - Radical and Revolutionary Political Thought
  • GVT 747 - Seminar in Legislation and Lobbying
  • SF 103 - Coping with Climate Change

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