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Expert Profile: John C. Berg

Expertise: How Congress works, how to influence Congress, how Congress can be improved, how state legislatures work, how to influence state legislatures, how the Massachusetts legislature works, how to influence the Massachusetts legislature, why the presidential debates are unfair, how to improve the presidential debates, why the US electoral system is unfair, how to improve the US electoral system, how to end the two-party monopoly

Experience in the area
Political activist for 40 years, currently working on the Ralph Nader presidential campaign. Professor of political science for 26 years.

Organizations
American Association of Political Consultants, American Political Science Association, International Political Science Association, Caucus for a New Political Science, International Political Science Association, National Society for Experiential Education

Publications
Polity, Policy Studies Journal, Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Journal, author of Unequal Struggle: Class, Gender, Race, and Power in the US Congress (Westview Press, 1994).

Education/Credentials
PhD Harvard University 1975
MA Harvard University 1973
BA with Honors University of Wisconsin 1964

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Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 1294
Knowledge	9.91 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.95 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.96 Best of the best
Politeness	10.0 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		5
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		411

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	11/13/08
10	10	10	10	11/12/08
10	10	10	10	11/10/08
10	10	10	10	09/28/08
10	10	10	10	09/18/08

User Comments

Fast, concise, not condescending -- that's my kind of expert! Thanks, John!
(Pamela on 11/13/08)

Thank you very much for your candid response. I will look into the books you mentioned.
(Enzo on 09/28/08)

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Recent Answers from John C. Berg

2008-11-14 running for office: Dear Matt, I can give you a start, but this is far too much information to expect for free from a service like this! If you go to http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elespec/specidx.htm you will find a booklet...

2008-11-12 spouses of congressmen: A spouse can replace a dead member of Congress under two circumstances: --The spouse runs for the office and wins the election --in the case of the Senate, Governors sometimes have the power to appoint...

2008-11-12 If Marshal Law: There is no constitutional provision for the President to declare martial law at all, so there is no constitutional answer to the question -- if a president declared martial law nationally, and succeeded...

2008-11-09 RI General Assembly: Massachusetts has no party lever, but we still don't elect Republicans here -- in this election the number of Republicans in the House fell to 16 out of 160. There are other ways of voting, though it's...

2008-11-08 passing opposing legislations: Your question cannot be answered -- since it would be silly to do, no one has ever done it, and therefore the legality of doing it has never been determined. When contradictory laws are passed at DIFFERENT...

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