Professor of Political Science and director of Research Centre on Democracies and Democratizations at LUISS, Rome. In the 2009-12 term, he served as President of International Political Science Association (IPSA). His most recent books include Changes for Democracy (OUP, 2011) Democracias y Democratizaciones (CIS, 2008), International Actors, Democratization and the Rule of Law: Anchoring Democracy? (Routledge, 2008, with Magen), Democratization and the European Union. Comparing Central and Eastern European post-communist countries (Routledge 2010, with Sadurski). He?s has also been one of the three editors of the International Encyclopedia of Political Science (8 vol. Sage Publications, 2011).<BR><BR>http://www.ipsa.org/organization/executive-commitee/morlino
