About

Bonnie N. Field is Professor of Political Science in the Global Studies Department at Bentley University and co-Editor of the journal South European Society and Politics. She has a doctorate in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research interests center on political parties and political institutions in transitional and institutionalized democracies in Europe and Latin America. She has particular interest in contemporary Spanish politics. She has investigated minority governments, territorial politics, interparty relations in parliament, party organization, processes of candidate selection and political appointments, the behavior of distinct types of political parties, and regime democratization. She is the author of Why Minority Governments Work: Multilevel Territorial Politics in Spain, and (co-) editor of Minority Governments in Comparative Perspective, Politics and Society in Contemporary Spain, Spain’s “Second Transition”?, and Democracy and Institutional Development: Spain in Comparative Theoretical Perspective.

Research Interests

Comparative Politics, Democracy, Democratisation, Elites, European Politics, Executives, Gender, Governance, Government, Institutions, Parliaments, Political Parties, Southern Europe

Current/Upcoming Events

Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Comparative Political Institutions
• Federalism and Regionalism
• Parliaments
• Political Parties
• Southern European Politics
• Elites and Political Leadership
• Presidential Politics
• Gender and Politics
• Extremism and Democracy