Richard Gunther
- Comparative Electoral Behavior
- Comparative Political Institutions
- Political Parties
- Southern Europe
Professor Gunther has research interests
in Southern Europe, transitions to and
consolidation of democracy, electoral
behavior, and comparative political
institutions and public policy. He has
served as co-chair of the SSRC subcommittee
on Southern Europe and as Executive Director
of International Studies at Ohio State. His
current research focuses on the
institutionalization and legitimation of
partisanship in new democracies, and the
changing nature of politics in the new
Southern Europe. His publications include:
Democracy, Intermediation, and Voting on
Four Continents (Oxford University
Press, 2007); Democracy and State in the
New Southern Europe (Oxford University
Press, 2007); Democracy in Modern Spain
(Yale University Press, 2004); Political
Parties: Old Concepts and New Challenges
(Oxford University Press, 2001);
Political Parties and Democracy (Johns
Hopkins, 2001); Parties, Politics, and
Democracy in the New Southern Europe
(Johns Hopkins, 2001); Democracy and the
Media: A Comparative Perspective
(Cambridge University Press, 2000); The
Politics of Democratic Consolidation
(Johns Hopkins, 1995); Politics, Society,
and Democracy: The Case of Spain
(Westview, 1993); Elites and Democratic
Consolidation in Latin American and Southern
Europe (Cambridge, 1992); Crisis y
Cambio (Centro de Estudios
Constitucionales, 1987); Spain After
Franco: The Making of a Competitive Party
System (California, 1986); Public
Policy in a No-Party State: Spanish Planning
and Budgeting in the Twilight of the
Franquist Era (California, 1980). He has
also published articles in the American
Political Science Review, Comparative
Politics, and numerous other journals
and edited volumes.
2009. The Politics of Spain (Cambridge University Press).
2007. Democracy, Intermediation, and Voting on Four Continents (Oxford University Press).
2007. Democracy and State in the New Southern Europe (Oxford University Press).
2004. Democracy in Modern Spain (Yale University Press).
My Curriculum Vita (pdf)
