Political Science: A Global Perspective

About Bertrand BadieDirk Berg-SchlosserLeonardo A. Morlino

Leonardo Morlino is Professor of Political Science and Director of the International Research Center on Democracies and Democratizations at LUISS Rome. He was President of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) (2009-12). He is the author of more than 30 books and more than 200 journal essays and book chapters published in English French German Spanish Hungarian Chinese Mongolian and Japanese. His most recent books include: Changes for Democracy (Oxford UP 2011) Democracias y Democratizaciones (CIS 2008); Democratization and the European Union: Comparing Central and Eastern European Post-Communist Countries (Routledge 2010 with W. Sadurski) International Actors Democratization and the Rule of Law: Anchoring Democracy? (Routledge 2008 with A. Magen). He was also one of the three editors of the International Encyclopedia of Political Science (8 voll. Sage Publications 2011) that won the Honorable Mention of Darthmouth Medal for reference publishing in all domains of knowledge. Morlino was Professor of Political Science at the University of Florence and at the Istituto di Scienze Umane in Florence and has held a number of visiting professorships. In 2002-03 he was the Bechtel Visiting Professor at Stanfords Graduate School of Business; in 1995 visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution; and in 1989-90 NATO Fellow of the Center for European Studies Stanford University. His academic credentials also include stints as the Monte dei Paschi Fellow at St. Anthonys College Oxford (2010) the Jemolo Fellow at Nuffield College Oxford (2007 and 1998); visiting professor at the Juan March Institute Madrid (1995-96); and visiting professor at the Institut dEtudes Politiques Paris (1993-95 2006 2009 2013). Morlino is a leading specialist in comparative politics with expertise on Southern and Eastern Europe with a focus on phenomenon of democratization. Now he is directing a new research on the impact of the 2008-14 economic crisis of the six European large democracies. Bertrand Badie is a French political scientist and international relations specialist. He is a professor at the Institut dEtudes Politiques de Paris and researcher associated with the Centre détudes et de recherches internationales (CERI).