Nancy Bermeo works on the causes and consequences of regime change, with particular attention to Western Europe and Latin America. 
Her recent publications include Who Governs Southern Europe? (ed.) Unemployment in the New Europe (ed.), Unemployment in Southern Europe (ed.), Liberalization and Democratization (ed.), Civil Society Before Democracy (ed. with Philip Nord) and Federalism and Territorial Cleavages (ed. with Ugo Amoretti).
Her latest book, titled, Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times, (Princeton, 2003) is on the role of the citizenry in the breakdown of democracy and is the winner of the Outstanding Academic Title Award from Choice Magazine and the Best Book Award from the American Political Science Association Democratization Section.
She is the recipient of research awards from the Fulbright Association, the Social Science Research Council, the German Marshall Fund, the Carnegie Endowment, the C.N.R.S. in France, and the Luso-American Development Foundation in Portugal. She has been a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford and at the Center for Advanced Study in Madrid.
Princeton University
032 Corwin Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544-1013
Telephone: 609-258-2160
Fax: 609-258-4772
Email: bermeo@princeton.edu
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Recent Academic Positions
Princeton University: Professor 2001, Associate Professor 1989, Assistant Professor 1983
Education
Yale University: Political Science Ph.D. with Distinction 1982
Mount Holyoke College: Political Science B.A. Summa Cum Laude 1973
Dartmouth College: 1971-1972
Academic Honors
- Outstanding Academic Title for 2005 Choice Magazine (for Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times)
- Best Book Award-American Political Science Association: Democratization Section 2004 (for Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times)
- Princeton University—Stanley Kelley Teaching Prize, 1998
Professional Activities
- American Political Science Association: Chair of Juan Linz Prize Committee 2005-2006
- American Political Science Association: Chair of Fieldwork Award Committee 2004
- Society for Comparative Research: Chair of Awards Committee 2003
- American Political Science Association: Elected Vice President Democratization Section 2002-
- German Marshall Fund: Selection Committee. 2002, 2003-
Teaching Interests
Comparative Politics, European Politics, Latin American Politics, Political Development, Comparative Public Policy
Current Research
A book-length study titled Democracy After War, investigating first, how the experience of war affects political elites and political institutions and second, how institutions can be structured to mitigate and manage deadly political divisions.
Recent Service to Princeton University
- Acting Chair of Politics Department, 2004-2005
- Editor, World Politics
- Executive Committee: Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies 2003-
- Interdepartmental Committee for the Fund for Irish Studies, 1999-
- Executive Committee :Program in Latin American Studies 1998-
- Executive Committee: Program in European Studies 1995-
- Executive Committee: Program in Hellenic Studies 1995-
- Director of Graduate Studies 1993-1995 1999-2001
- Faculty Advisor to the Men’s Lacrosse Team 2002-
- Executive Committee for Athletics 2004-
- Associate: Study Group on Gender Equity in the Humanities and Social Sciences 2002-
Recent Lectures, Conference Papers and Panels
- University of Toronto Center for International Studies, Public Lecture on Democracy After War, February, 2006
- University of Lisbon Center for Social Science Investigation, Public Lecture on Democracy After War, January 2006, American Political Science Association
- Panel on Civic Sentiments, Social Forces and Democracy Washington DC September 2005, Chair
- European Union Parliament International Conference Group on Federalism Brussels, Panel on Federalism and Conflict March 2005, Paper Presenter
Recent Books
Federalism and Territorial Cleavages, ed. with Ugo Amoretti ( Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004)
Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: The Citizenry and the Collapse of Democracy (Princeton University Press, 2003)
Who Governs Southern Europe? ed. with Antonio Costa Pinto and Pedro de Almeida (London: Frank Cass, 2003)
Recent Articles
“Democracy After War: Portugal in Comparative Perspective” Democratization, (forthcoming January 2007)
“Democratization After War: What the Democratization Literature Says—and Fails to Say—About Building Democracy in Post-Conflict Settings”, Global Governance, (April-June 2003)
“Portuguese Democracy in Comparative Perspective”, Portuguese Studies Review, Vol. X No.1 (Spring-Summer 2002)
“The Import of Institutions”, Journal of Democracy, (April, 2002)
Recent Chapters in Books
“The Merits of Federalism” in Amoretti and Bermeo eds. Federalism and Territorial Cleavages (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 2004)
“Forward” in Sebastian Royo and Paul Manuel. Spain and Portugal in the European Union: The First Fifteen Years. (London: Frank Cass, 2003)
“Ministerial Elites in Southern Europe: Continuities, Changes and Comparisons” in Pinto, Almeida and Bermeo, eds. Who Governs Southern Europe? (London: Frank Cass, 2003)
Last Updated on 03.11.2006