John C. Berg

93 Lyndhurst Street
Dorchester, Massachusetts 02124-2113
U.S.A.
Tel: +1-617-436-1548 (home) / +1-617-573-8126 (office) / +1-617-899-7324(mobile)
Fax: +1-617-367-4623
Email: jberg@suffolk.edu / jberg@world.std.com

Employment:

  • Professor of Government, Suffolk University,1985-
  • Associate Professor of Government, Suffolk University, 1980-1985
  • Assistant Professor of Government, Suffolk University, 1975-1980
  • Instructor in Government, Suffolk University, 1974-1975
  • Political prisoner, Middlesex and Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Houses of Correction, May-December 1970

Education:

  • Ph.D. in Political Science, Harvard University, 1975
  • B.A. in English, University of Wisconsin, 1964

Scholarly Publications:

  • "Spoiler or Builder? The Effect of Ralph Nader's 2000 Campaign on the U.S. Greens," in John C. Green and Rick Farmer, ed., The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties , 4th ed. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), 323-336.
  • "Participation, Representation, and Party: Can the Greens Be Different?" in European Culture in a Changing World: Between Nationalism and Globalism, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of  ISSEI  (International Society for the Study of European Ideas), University of Wales, Aberystwyth,  July 22-27, 2002, ed. Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe.[CD-ROM]
  • Teamsters and Turtles? U.S. Progressive Political Movements in the 21st Century (ed.) (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003).
  • "Marxism and the Study of U.S. Political Institutions," Studies in Marxism 8 (2001), 39-60.
  • "Liberty Party," in Immanuel Ness and James Ciment, ed., TheEncyclopedia of Third Parties in America  (Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 2000).
  • "Green Liberty: Minor Parties and Realignment in the 1840s and the 1990s,"Sapienti no. 7 (October, 1999).
  • "Class, Gender, Race, and Power in U.S. Politics: The Continuing Relevance of Marxism," in Marxism and Reality (Beijing), 1999.
  • "Beyond a Third Party: The Other Minor Parties in the 1996 Elections," in John C. Green and Daniel M. Shea, eds., The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties, 3d ed. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999) 212-228.
  • Unequal Struggle: Class, Gender, Race, and Power in the U.S. Congress, (Boulder: Westview Press, 1994).
  • "What's Wrong with American Politics? (And What to Do about It)," special issue of New Political Science (ed.), No. 28/29 (June 1994).
  • "Massachusetts: Citizen Power and Corporate Power," in Ronald J. Hrebenar and Clive S. Thomas, eds., Interest Group Politics in the Northeastern States, (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993), pp. 167-198.
  • "Massachusetts," in Leroy Hardy, Alan Heslop, and George S. Blair, eds., Redistricting in the 1980s: A 50-State Survey, (Claremont: The Rose Institute of State and Local Government, 1993).
  • "Beyond the Party-Group Continuum; Massachusetts Interest Groups in the1980s," New England Journal of Public Policy, v. 7, no. 2 (Fall/Winter, 1991),pp. 61-79.
  • "Marion Barry," "Hattie W. Caraway," "Eldridge Cleaver," "Rebecca Latimer Felton," "Marcus Garvey," "Gus Hall," "Owen Lovejoy," "Vito Marcantonio," "A. Philip Randolph," "Gerrit Smith," "Communist Party," "Communist Labor Party," "Reconstruction," and "Red Scare" in L. Sandy Maisel, ed., Political Parties and Elections in the United Sates; An Encyclopedia , (Garland Press, 1991).
  • "The Effects of Seniority Reform on Three House Committees in the Ninety-Fourth Congress," in Leroy N. Rieselbach, ed., Legislative Reform: The Policy Impact, (Lexington, Massachusetts: Heath-Lexington, 1978).
  • "Reforming Seniority in the House of Representatives: Did It Make Any Difference?" Policy Studies Journal V (Summer, 1977), 437-443.

Book Reviews:

Conference Papers and Unpublished Writings:

  • “Beyond 2004: The Future of the US Green Party,” presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, April 15-18, 2004, and at the annual meeting of the New England Political Science Association, April 30-May 1, 2004.
  • “The Debate over Realigning Elections: Where Do We Stand Now?” presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, November 6-8, 2003, and at the American Politics Group of the Political Studies Association, Oxford, January 2-4, 2004.
  • “Electoral Protest in US Politics,” presented at the XIXth World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Durban, South Africa, June 29-July 4, 2003.
  • “Problems of Success: The Massachusetts Green Party’s Struggle to Retain Ballot Status,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Politics Group, University of Reading (UK), January 3-5, 2003.
  • "Participation, Representation, and Party: Can the Greens Be Different?" presented at the International Society for the Study of European Ideas, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, July 22-27, 2002.
  • "Teamsters and Turtles? Theoretical Issues about Progressive Movement Unity,” presented at the conference "Justice and Globalization," of IPSA Research Committee #49, "Socialism, Capitalism, and Democracy," Ottawa, June 13-14, 2002.
  • "Human Rights in US Politics," presented at the 2nd Conference on the Jeju April 3rd (Sasam) Uprising and World Peace, Jeju, Korea, April 29-30, 2002.
  • "Spoiler or Builder? The Effect of Ralph Nader’s 2000 Campaign on the US Greens," presented at the conference "State of the Parties 2001," University of Akron, October 18-20, 2001, and at the American Politics Group, University of Essex, January 3-5, 2002.
  • "Evaluating the Nader Campaign: Are We Heading toward a New Party System?" presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April19-21, 2001
  • "Marxism and the Study of U.S. Political Institutions," presented at the Socialist Scholars Conference, New York, March 31-April 2, 2000, and at the Political Studies Association, London, April 10-13, 2000.
  • "State Green Parties in the USA: New Postmaterialist Politics or Old Wine in New Bottles?" presented at the Northeast Political Science Association, Philadelphia, November 11-13, 1999, and at the American Politics Group, Keele, UK, January 7-9, 2000.
  • "Realignment, Minor Parties, and Economic Restructuring in the U.S. Today: A Marxist Account," presented at the conference "Socialism, Capitalism, or . . ." of IPSA Research Committee #49, "Socialism, Capitalism, and Democracy," Birmingham (UK), August 1-3, 1999, and at the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, September 2-5, 1999.
  • "Ideological Bias in The Almanac of American Politics," by Heather Rowe and John C. Berg, presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 15-17, 1999.
  • "Minor Parties and Realignment in the 1840s and the 1990s," presented at the American Politics Group, Selwyn College, Cambridge University, January 6-8. 1999.
  • "Class, Gender, Race, and Power in U.S. Politics: The Continuing Relevance of Marxism," presented at the Congrès Marx International II, Université de Paris-X, Nanterre, September 30-October 3, 1998.
  • "Why the Left Should Work for a Multi-Party System in the U.S.A.," presented at the American Political Science Association, Boston, September 3-6, 1998.
  • "Whither the Third Party Movement?" presented at the conference "Socialism, Capitalism and Democracy - Crises and Social Order," Quezon City, Philippines, May 25-27, 1998.  Also presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 23-25, 1998.
  • "Five Years of SCD," presented at the conference "Socialism, Capitalism and Democracy - Crises and Social Order," Quezon City, Philippines, May25-27 , 1998.
  • "The Quality of Minor Party Candidates," presented at the conference "The State of the Parties: 1996 and Beyond," Akron, October 9-10, 1997.
  • "Minor Party Candidates in the 1996 U.S. Elections," presented at the American Political Science Association, Washington, August 28-31, 1997.
  • "Who Are the Minor Party Candidates?  Preliminary Report of a Mail Survey," presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 10-12, 1997.  Also presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association, New Orleans, March 26-29, 1997; New York State Political Science Association, New York, April 18-19, 1997; and New England Political Science Association, New London, May 2-3, 1997.
  • "Cracks in the Two-Party System," presented at the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 29-September 1, 1996.
  • "Anticapitalist Electoral Politics in the United States: Prospects and Perils," presented at the annual conference of Study Group #37, "Socialism, Capitalism, and Democracy," of the International Political Science Association, ?rhus, Denmark, August 9-11, 1996.
  • "Independent Leftists in the U.S. House of Representatives: An Examination of the Possibilities for Effective Action," presented to the Second Conference of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians, Wroxton, England, August3-4, 1996.
  • "Cracks in the U.S. Two-Party System," presented at the New England Political Science Association, Springfield, Massachusetts, May 3-4, 1996.
  • "International Experiential Education on a Shoestring," presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, March 18-20, 1996.
  • "Learning from Victor and Vito: Models of Socialist Representation in the U.S. Congress," presented at the New York Political Science Association, Chicago, August 31-September 3, 1995.
  • "Davy Crockett, John Ross, and Virtual Representation of the Cherokees in the U.S. Congress," presented at the New York State Political Science Association, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, April 28, 1995.
  • "Prospects for More Parties in the United States," presented at the conference “Party Politics in the Year 2000,” Manchester, UK, January 13-15, 1995.
  • "Representation of the Oppressed in the United States Congress; Structural Limits on Capitalist Democracy," presented at the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 2-6, 1992.
  • Agnes S. Bain and John C. Berg, "Tidal Wave or Steady Current: Prospects for the Return of Party Competition to Massachusetts Politics," presented at the New England Political Science Association, Providence, Rhode Island, 1992.
  • "African American Members of the United States Congress; Legislative Representation of the Periphery," presented at the XVth World Congress, International Political Science Association, Buenos Aires, July 21-25, 1991.
  • Agnes S. Bain and John C. Berg, "Redistricting and Endangered Incumbents; The 1990 Massachusetts State Elections," presented at the New England Political Science Association, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1991.
  • "Managing Racism--Preparing African American Interns for Diversity and Discrimination in the Workplace," presented at the National Association for Internships and Experiential Education, Santa Fe, October 27, 1989.
  • "Massachusetts--Citizen Power, Corporate Power," presented at the New England Political Science Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 7, 1989. Awarded John Donovan prize.
  • "Massachusetts--Citizen Power, Corporate Power," presented at the New York State Political Science Association, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, April 1, 1989. Awarded prize for best paper.
  • "The Role of Internships in the Political Science Curriculum," presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 1987.
  • "The Congressional Black Caucus Budget and the Representation of Black Americans," presented at the American Political Science Association, Chicago, 1987.
  • "The Effect of the Mel King Campaigns on Boston's Racial Politics," presented at the New England Political Science Association, Hartford, 1986.
  • "Vietnam, Angola, Lebanon, and Central America: Many Limits, Limited Possibilities for Congressional Control of Military Intervention," presented at the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, 1985.
  • "What Can Experienced Workers Learn from Internships?" presented at National Conference, National Society for Internships and Experiential Education, San Diego, 1984.
  • "Intern Evaluation Criteria: A Liberal Arts Perspective," presented at New England Regional Conference, National Society for Internships and Experiential Education, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1984.
  • "Field Testing the Women's Participation Unit at Suffolk University," presented at the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 1984.
  • "Resistance to Limited War in the United States Congress," submitted at XIth World Congress, International Political Science Association, Moscow, USSR, 1979.
  • "What Did Congress Learn from Vietnam?" presented at the New England Political Science Association, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1978.
  • "Why the Congressional Doves Failed to End United States Participation in the Vietnam War," unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, 1975.

Other Publications:

  • "Managing Racism: Preparing African American Interns for Diversity and Discrimination in the Workplace," Experiential Education 15 (March-April, 1990), no. 2, pp. 3, 18.
  • "Out of the Classroom and Into Political Life: Experiential Teaching in Political Science," Experiential Education 14 (March-April, 1989), no 2, p.ú13.
  • "Beyond Creativity," in David Tuerck, ed., Creativity and the Implementation of Change: Liberal Learning in the Practical World, (Ablex, 1987).
  • "Adding Women to American Politics and Government," NEWS for Teachers of Political Science, no. 45 (Spring, 1985), 22-23.
  • "Building Strategies for Job Satisfaction," in John Boonstra, Eleanor Meyers, Carol Robb, and Mark Wendorf, eds., Getting Educated About Education, (Toronto: World Student Christian Federation, 1980), pp. 104-105.

Teaching Interests

  • Legislative studies (American and comparative)
  • Political parties, campaigns, and elections
  • Interest groups
  • American political thought
  • Political ethics
  • Public policy
  • American national government
  • Local politics
  • Political theory
  • Internship supervision.

Other Academic Responsibilities

  • Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Suffolk University, 2000-2003.
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Suffolk University Department of Government, 1993- .
  • Acting Chair, Suffolk University Department of Government, Spring, 1989.
  • Initiated and now coordinate Suffolk University Boston Semester (SUBS), which places students from other areas in full-time, one-semester, academic credit internships in the Boston area.
  • Negotiated and administered $20,000 state-funded contract between Suffolk University and the Boston Public Schools to provide programs in African studies, history of the civil rights movement, and computer engineering technology to students at Copley Square International High School, 1986-87.
  • Co-authored successful grant proposal for $25,000 to Massachusetts Regents of Higher Education for programs to encourage minority participation in the sciences at Copley Square International High School, 1987-88.
  • Initiated Suffolk University's Washington, D.C., and international undergraduate internship programs.
  • Faculty Liaison Advisory Board, The Washington Center, 1988-1995.
  • Helped develop curriculum for Women's Studies Minor as member of Committee on Women's Studies.
  • Working to improve access and performance of minority students as co-chair of Minority Student Support Committee.
  • Departmental library representative, responsible for ordering of books in political science with annual budget of $11,000, 1978-1999.

Other Professional Activities

  • Associate Fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, January-December, 2004.
  • Visiting Fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, August 11-24, 2002, and September 2003-January 2004.
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture, 2001-2004.
  • Chair, APSA Organized Section for a New Political Science, 2001-2003.
  • President, Northeastern Political Science Association, 2003-2004.
  • First Vice President and Program Chair, Northeastern Political Science Association, 2002-2003.
  • Second Vice President, Northeastern Political Science Association, 2001-2002.
  • Third Vice President, Northeastern Political Science Association, 2000-2001.
  • Awarded $500 travel grant to attend annual meeting, Political Studies Association, 2000.
  • Reviews Editor, New Political Science, 1997-2003.
  • Associate Editorial Board, Race, Gender & Class, 1999-
  • Program Section Chair, "Interest Groups, Parties, Elections, and Political Behavior," Northeast Political Science Association, 1996.
  • Visiting Fellow, Political Science Department, Australian National University, 1996.
  • Chair, Study Group on Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, International Political Science Association, 1994-2000.
  • Co-Convenor, Special Session on the Foundations of Economic and Political Democracy, International Political Science Association World Congress, Berlin, August 21-25, 1994.
  • Program Committee, American Political Science Association, responsible for program of the Organized Section on Internships and Experiential Education, 1993.
  • Received $2,000 grant from the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center for research on "The Congressional Black Caucus Budget and Black Leadership in the House of Representatives," 1988-1989.
  • Member Faculty Special Interest Group, National Society for Internships and Experiential Education; Chair, 1985-88.
  • Treasurer and Newsletter editor, Caucus for a New Political Science, 1986-1995.
  • Treasurer, New Political Science, 1988-1999.
  • Chair, Organized Section on Experiential Education, American Political Science Association, 1993-95.
  • Chair for 1986, member for 1987, New England Regional Conference Planning Committee, National Society for Internships and Experiential Education.
  • Wrote proposal for and co-coordinated "Moving Ahead; A Career Development Workshop for Women in Public Administration," sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter, American Society for Public Administration, and Suffolk University, and funded by a grant from the Section for Women in Public Administration; held November 15, 1986.

Memberships

Community Service

  • Board, Chair of Education Committee, John Coleman Wright, Jr., Memorial Scholarship.
  • Roster of Experts, Institute for Public Accuracy <http://www.accuracy.org>.
  • Advisory Board, Center for Voting and Democracy < http://www.fairvote.org/>.

Lectures and Public Seminars Given

  • “What’s in the Future for the US Greens?” Manchester Metropolitan University, November 26, 2003, and Webster University-Vienna, January 16, 2004.
  • "(Non) Representation of Indigenous Peoples in National Legislatures: The Case of the Canberra Tent Embassy," College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Seminar, Suffolk University, October 1996.
  • "Lobbying Against the Trail of Tears: Virtual Representation of the Cherokee Indians in the 19th Century U.S. Congress," Department of Political Science Seminar Program, Australian National University, Canberra, June 1996; repeated at Northern Australia Research Unit, Australian National University, Darwin, June 1996.
  • "Fundamentals of American Government," U.S.-Kazakhstan Business Program, Boston, October 1994.
  • "Ethics in American Politics," Delegation of West African Ministers, Boston Center for International Visitors, April 1994.
  • "American Intergovernmental Relations," Delegation of Czech Mayors, Boston Center for International Visitors, April 1993.