Bonnie Field

Bonnie N. Field is a Professor of Political Science in the Global Studies Department. She is 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 a particular interest in contemporary Spanish politics. She investigates minority governments, parliamentary regimes, interparty relations in parliament, processes of candidate selection and political appointments, territorial politics and regime democratization. She is a local Affiliate of the Center for European Studies at Harvard University. She has been a Visiting Scholar at the Center for European Studies at Harvard, a visiting researcher at the Universities of Barcelona and Oslo, Faculty Fellow at the University of California, Irvine, Visiting Fellow at UCI's Center for the Study of Democracy, and Fulbright Senior Researcher in Spain.

Education

• Ph.D. in Political Science University of California, Santa Barbara
• MA in Political Science University of California, Santa Barbara
• BA in Political Science University of California, Berkeley

Academic Appointments

Current:

• Bentley University
  Department of Global Studies:
  Professor 2016 – present; Chair, 2016-21;
  Associate Professor, 2011-16; Assistant Professor, 2005-11.

Previous:

• Harvard University
  Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies, fall 2013.
• Wake Forest University
  Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 2004-5.
• University of California, Irvine
  Faculty Fellow (postdoctoral fellow), Department of Political Science, 2003-4.

Teaching Interests

Comparative Politics; European Politics; Democracy, Democratization and Democratic Backsliding; Gender and Politics

Research Interests

Political Science/Comparative Politics; Democratization; Political Institutions; Political Parties (inter- and intra-party politics); Territorial Politics; European Politics; Spanish Politics; Gender & Politics; Latin American Politics

Awards and Honors

• 2020, Excellence in Scholarship Award, Bentley University
• 2019, Local Affiliate Re-appointment, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
• 2017, Research Grant, Hispanex Program, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Government of Spain
• 2017, Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award for Why Minority Governments Work: Multilevel Territorial Politics in Spain, Bentley University
• 2016, Visiting Researcher, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
• 2016, Small Research Grant, American Political Science Association.
• 2016, Local Affiliate Re-appointment, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
• 2014, Local Affiliate Re-appointment, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
• 2014, Research Grant (2014-16), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Gobierno de España [Ministry of the Economy and Competitiveness, Government of Spain], P.I. Josep María Reniu, Universitat de Barcelona
• 2013, Visiting Scholar, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, fall
• 2013, Affiliate Re-appointment, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
• 2013, Visiting Researcher, Departament de Dret Constitucional i Ciència Política, Universitat de Barcelona, spring
• 2012, Visiting Researcher Grant, Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics, Departament de Governació i Relacions Institucionals, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain.
• 2012, Invited Professor, Doctoral Program, Department of Political Science, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
• 2011, Research Grant, American Political Science Association.
• 2011, Research Grant, Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of Culture and United States Universities.
• 2011, Courtesy appointment as an Affiliate of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University.
• 2011, Research Grant (2009-11), Los partidos políticos y los procesos de democratización: El caso español en perspectiva comparativa [Political Parties and the Processes of Democratization: The Spanish Case in Comparative Perspective], Fundación Transición Española.
• 2011, Research Grant (2011-13), Acuerdos coalicionales y formación de gobiernos en España [Coalition Agreements and Government Formation in Spain], Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Gobierno de España [Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spanish Government], P.I. Josep María Reniu, Universitat de Barcelona.
• 2009, Invited Professor, Masters Program in Democracy and Government, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
• 2008, Fulbright Fellow, Senior Researcher in Spain, Fulbright Foundation.
• 2007, Research Grant, Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of Culture and United States Universities.
• 2006, Small Research Grant, American Political Science Association.
• 2004, Research Grant, Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, and United States Universities.
• 2003, Research Grant, Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, and United States Universities.
• 2003, University of California Faculty Fellow (2003-2004), Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine.
• 2003, Visiting Fellow (2003-04), Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, Irvine.
• 1999, Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow (dissertation research), Spain (1999-2000), Fulbright Foundation.

Publications

Journal Articles

• Johnston, A., Hamann, K., Field, B. N. (2022). A Strike against the Left: General Strikes and Public Opinion of Incumbent Governments in Spain. Political Studies, (70) 3 837-64.
• Barrio, A., Alonso Sáenz de Oger, S., Field, B. N. (2021). Vox Spain - The Organisational Challenges of a New Radical Right Party. Politics and Governance, (9) 4 240-51.
• Field, B. N. (2021). Ministers, Gender and Political Appointments. Government and Opposition, (56) 4 722-743.
• Barrio, A., Field, B. N. (2018). The Push for Independence in Catalonia. Nature Human Behaviour. 2 713-715.
• Field, B. N., Hamann, K. (2015). Framing Legislative Bills in Parliament: Regional-Nationalist Parties’ Strategies in Spain’s Multinational Democracy. Party Politics, (21) 6 900-911.
• Field, B. N. (2015). The Evolution of Sub-state Nationalist Parties as Statewide Parliamentary Actors: CiU and PNV in Spain. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, (21) 1 121-141.
• Field, B. N. (2014). From Consensual to Complex Multi‐level Democracy: The Contours of Contestation and Collaboration in Spain. Comillas Journal of International Relations. 1 41-52.
• Field, B. N. (2014). Minority Parliamentary Government and Multilevel Politics: Spain’s System of Mutual Back Scratching. Comparative Politics, (46) 3 293-312.
• Field, B. N. (2013). Resolute Leaders and 'Cardboard Deputies': Parliamentary Party Unity in the New Spanish Democracy. South European Society & Politics, (18) 3 355-374.
• Field, B. N., Siavelis, P. M. (2011). Endogenizing Legislative Candidate Selection Procedures in Nascent Democracies: Evidence from Spain and Chile. Democratization, (18) 3 797-822.
• Field, B. N. (2009). A 'Second Transition' in Spain? Policy, Institutions and Interparty Politics under Zapatero (2004-08). South European Society & Politics, (14) 4, December 379-97.
• Field, B. N. (2009). Los modos de transición y las relaciones interpartidistas postransicionales: datos de España (1977-82) y de Argentina (1983-89). Revista de las Cortes Generales. 77 253-89.
• Field, B. N. (2009). Minority Government and Legislative Politics in a Multilevel State: Spain under Zapatero. South European Society & Politics, (14) 4, December 417-34.
• Field, B. N. (2009). The Parliamentary Election in Spain, March 2008. Electoral Studies, (28) 1, March 155-58.
• Field, B. N., Siavelis, P. M. (2008). Candidate Selection Procedures in Transitional Polities: A Research Note. Party Politics, (14) 5, September 620-639.
• Field, B. N. (2008). Descongelando la democracia: el descenso de la colaboración interpartidista en España (1977-2004). Revista Española de Ciencia Política, (19 (octubre)) 79-102.
• Field, B. N. (2007). Incorporating Spain into the Comparative Democratization Syllabus. PS: Political Science and Politics, (40) 4, October 701-705.
• Field, B. N. (2006). Transition Modes and Post-transition Inter-party Politics: Evidence from Spain (1977-82) and Argentina (1983-89). Democratization, (13) 2, April 205-226.
• Field, B. N. (2006). Transitions to Democracy and Internal Party Rules: Spain in Comparative Perspective. Comparative Politics, (39) 1, October 83-102.
• Field, B. N. (2005). De-thawing Democracy: The Decline of Political Party Collaboration in Spain (1977 to 2004). Comparative Political Studies, (38) 9, November 1079-1103.

Books

• Field, B. N., Martin, S. (2022). Minority Governments in Comparative Perspective. Oxford University Press
• Field, B. N. (2016). Why Minority Governments Work: Multilevel Territorial Politics in Spain. New York: Palgrave Macmillan
• Field, B. N. (2016). Por qué funcionan los gobiernos minoritarios: Política territorial multinivel en España. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch
• Field, B. N., Botti, A. (2013). Politics and Society in Contemporary Spain: From Zapatero to Rajoy. New York: Palgrave
• Botti, A., Field, B. N. (2013). La Spagna di Rajoy. Bologna: Il Mulino
• Field, B. N. (2011). Spain's 'Second Transition'? The Socialist Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. New York: Routledge
• Field, B. N., Hamann, K. (2008). Democracy and Institutional Development: Spain in Comparative Theoretical Perspective. Houndmills, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave-Macmillan

Book Chapters

• Field, B. N., Martin, S. (2022). Comparative Conclusions on Minority Governments. In Bonnie N. Field and Shane Martin, (Eds.) Minority Governments in Comparative Perspective. 325-344. Oxford University Press.
• Field, B. N. (2022). Minority Governments in Spain: Government Strengthening Institutions in a Multilevel State. In Bonnie N. Field and Shane Martin, (Eds.) Minority Governments in Comparative Perspective. 108-128. Oxford University Press.
• Field, B. N., Martin, S. (2022). The Politics of Minority Government. In Bonnie N. Field and Shane Martin, (Eds.) Minority Governments in Comparative Perspective. 3-18. Oxford University Press.
• Field, B. N., Martin, S. (2022). The Why, How and How Well of Minority Governments. In Bonnie N. Field and Shane Martin, (Eds.) Minority Governments in Comparative Perspective. 19-38. Oxford University Press.
• Alonso, S., Field, B. N. (2021). Spain: The Development and Decline of the Popular Party. In Tim Bale and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, (Eds.) Riding the Populist Wave: Europe's Mainstream Right in Crisis. 216-45. Cambridge University Press
• Field, B. N. (2021). Spain: Single-Party Majority and Minority Governments. In Torbjörn Bergman, Hanna Bäck, and Johan Hellström, (Eds.) Coalition Governance in Western Europe. 544-573. Oxford University Press
• Field, B. N., Wuhs, S. T. (2020). Parliaments and Regionalism. In Cyril Benoit and Olivier Rozenberg, (Eds.) Handbook of Parliamentary Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Legislatures. 275-290. Edward Elgar Publishing
• Field, B. N. (2020). Legislative Politics in Spain. In Diego Muro and Ignacio Lago, (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics. 210-23. Oxford: Oxford University Press
• Field, B. N., Gray, C. (2019). The Spanish Parliament in Context. In Jorge M. Fernandes & Cristina Leston-Bandeira , (Eds.) Iberian Legislatures in Comparative Perspective. Routledge
• Bucur, C., Field, B. N. (2018). Selecting Presidential Candidates in European Semi-Presidential Democracies. In Xavier Coller and Guillermo Cordero , (Eds.) Democratizing Candidate Selection: New Methods, Old Receipts?. 49-74. Palgrave Macmillan
• Field, B. N., Hamann, K. (2016). La transition démocratique espagnole: faits et analyses. In Hubert Peres and Christophe Roux , (Eds.) La démocratie espagnole: Institutions et vie politique. 35-52. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes
• Siavelis, P. M., Field, B. N. (2015). The Presidentialization of Parties in Chile: Coalitions and the Electoral System Connection. In Gianluca Passarelli, (Eds.) The Presidentialization of Political Parties: Organizations, Institutions and Leaders. Palgrave Macmillan
• Field, B. N. (2015). The Evolution of Sub-state Nationalist Parties as Statewide Parliamentary Actors: CiU and PNV in Spain. In Richard Gillespie and Caroline Gray, (Eds.) Contesting Spain? The Dynamics of Nationalist Movements in Catalonia and the Basque Country. 116-135. Routledge
• Field, B. N. (2013). Gobiernos minoritarios y actividad legislativa en un estado multinivel: el caso español In Josep María Reniu , (Eds.) Pactar para gobernar. Dinámicas coalicionales en la España multinivel . 47-69. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch
• Botti, A., Field, B. N. (2013). Conclusioni In Alfonso Botti and Bonnie N. Field, (Eds.) La Spagna di Rajoy. 193-201. Bologna: Il Mulino
• Field, B. N. (2013). Il governo di minoranza spagnolo in tempi di crisi: i limiti delle alleanze variabili. In Alfonso Botti and Bonnie N. Field, (Eds.) La Spagna di Rajoy. 65-85. Bologna: Il Mulino
• Field, B. N., Botti, A. (2013). Introduzione. Il cambiamento politico in Spagna, da Zapatero a Rajoy In Alfonso Botti and Bonnie N. Field, (Eds.) La Spagna di Rajoy. 9-26. Bologna: Il Mulino
• Field, B. N. (2013). Decentralization, Regional Parties and Multilevel Governance in Spain. In Alberto López Basaguren and Leire Escajedo San Epifanio, (Eds.) The Ways of Federalism in Western Countries and the Horizons of Territorial Autonomy in Spain, Vol. 2. 853-864. New York, NY: Springer
• Botti, A., Field, B. N. (2013). Conclusions. In Bonnie N. Field and Alfonso Botti, (Eds.) Politics and Society in Contemporary Spain: From Zapatero to Rajoy. 217-224. New York: Palgrave Macmillan
• Field, B. N. (2013). Governing Spain in Tough Times and in Minority: The Limits of Shifting Alliances. In Bonnie N. Field and Alfonso Botti, (Eds.) Politics and Society in Contemporary Spain: From Zapatero to Rajoy. 61-80. New York: Palgrave Macmillan
• Field, B. N., Botti, A. (2013). Introduction: Political Change in Spain, from Zapatero to Rajoy. In Bonnie N. Field and Alfonso Botti, (Eds.) Politics and Society in Contemporary Spain: From Zapatero to Rajoy. 1-20. New York: Palgrave Macmillan
• Field, B. N. (2011). A 'Second Transition' in Spain? Policy, Institutions and Interparty Politics under Zapatero (2004-08) (Reprint) In Bonnie N. Field, (Eds.) Spain’s ‘Second Transition’? The Socialist Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. 1-19. New York and London: Routledge
• Field, B. N. (2011). Minority Government and Legislative Politics in a Multilevel State: Spain under Zapatero (Reprint) In Bonnie N. Field, (Eds.) Spain's 'Second Transition'? The Socialist Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. 39-56. New York and London: Routledge
• Siavelis, P. M., Field, B. N. (2011). Procedimientos de selección de candidatos a elecciones legislativas en América Latina: de dónde venimos y nuevos caminos para la investigación In Manuel Alcántara Saez and Mercedes García Montero, (Eds.) Algo más que Presidentes. El papel del Poder Legislativo en América Latina. Zaragoza: Fundación Manuel Giménez Abad de Estudios Parlamentarios y del Estado Autonómico
• Field, B. N. (2011). Interparty Consensus and Intraparty Discipline in Spain's Transition to Democracy In Muro, Diego, Alonso, Gregorio, (Eds.) The Politics and Memory of Democratic Transition: The Spanish Model. New York: Routledge
• Field, B. N., Siavelis, P. M. (2009). Procedimientos de selección de candidatos en las democracias nacientes In Freidenberg, Flavia, Alcántara Sáez, Manuel, (Eds.) Selección de candidatos, política partidista y rendimiento democrático. 61-84. México, DF: Tribunal Electoral del Distrito Federal, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México e Instituto de Iberoamérica.
• Field, B. N., Hamann, K. (2008). Conclusion: The Spanish Case and Comparative Lessons on Institutions, Representation and Democracy In Field, Bonnie N, Hamann, Kerstin, (Eds.) Democracy and Institutional Development: Spain in Comparative Theoretical Perspective. 203-216. Houndmills, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Field, B. N. (2008). Interparty Politics in Spain: The Role of Informal Institutions In Field, Bonnie N, Hamann, Kerstin, (Eds.) Democracy and Institutional Development: Spain in Comparative Theoretical Perspective. 44-67. Houndmills, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Field, B. N., Hamann, K. (2008). Introduction: The Institutionalization of Democracy in Spain In Field, Bonnie N, Hamann, Kerstin, (Eds.) Democracy and Institutional Development: Spain in Comparative Theoretical Perspective. 1-22. Houndmills, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan.