Office Hours:
On Leave 07-08

Bertram Johnson
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Munroe Hall 208
Phone: 802.443.5399
Email: bnjohnso@middlebury.edu
Degrees, Specializations & Interests:
Ph.D. (2003) Harvard University, B.A. (1994) Carleton College
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Courses Taught

PSCI 0104: Introduction to American Politics
PSCI 0203: The Media as a Political Institution
PSCI 0213: Congress and the Presidency
PSCI 0215: Federalism, State and Local Politics
PSCI 0368/0501:Frontiers in Political Science Research
PSCI 0465:  City Politics
PSCI 0495:Seminar on Money and Politics


Research Interests

Intergovernmental Relations
State and Local Politics
Interest Groups
Campaign Finance

Publications

"Collective Action, City Council Committees, and State Aid to Cities," Urban Affairs Review 42:4 (March 2007), pp. 457-478.

Morris Fiorina, Paul E. Peterson, Bertram Johnson, and William Mayer, The New American Democracy, 5th Edition, New York: Longman, 2007.

Morris P. Fiorina, Paul E. Peterson, D. Stephen Voss, and Bertram Johnson, America's New Democracy, 3rd edition, New York: Longman, 2006.

Bertram Johnson, "Associated Municipalities: Collective Action and the Development of State Leagues of Cities," Social Science History 29:4 (Winter 2005), pp. 549-574.

Morris P. Fiorina, Paul E. Peterson, Bertram Johnson, and D. Stephen Voss, The New American Democracy, 4th edition, New York: Longman, 2005.

Bertram Johnson, "Federalism: Local, State, Federal and International Data Sources (examples)", Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, New York: Elsevier, 2004.

Bertram Johnson, "A Stake in the Sand: George W. Bush and Congress" in High Risk and Big Ambition: The Presidency of George W. Bush, edited by Steven E. Schier, Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004.