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The purpose of this section is to promote the comparative, especially cross-national, study of politics and to integrate work of comparativists, area studies specialists, and those interested in American politics.

2008 - 2009 Officers

Chair/President:
Peter A. Gourevitch
University of California, San Diego
International Relations & Pacific Studies 0519
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla CA 92093-0519
pgourevitch@ucsd.edu

Vice Chair/Vice President:
Susan C. Stokes
Yale University
Department of Political Science
P.O. Box 208301
New Haven CT 06520
susan.stokes@yale.edu

Chair-Elect/President Elect:
Susan C. Stokes
Yale University
Department of Political Science
P.O. Box 208301
New Haven CT 06520
susan.stokes@yale.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
Ian S. Lustick
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Political Science
217 Stiteler Hall
208 S 37th Street
Philadelphia PA 19104-6215
ilustick@sas.upenn.edu

Newsletter Co-Editors:
Anthony Messina, University of Notre Dame
anthony.m.messina.3@nd.edu

Michael Coppedge, University of Notre Dame
coppedge.1@nd.edu

2009 Program Chairs:
Margarita Estevez-Abe, Harvard University
mestevez@wcfia.harvard.edu

Yoshiko M. Herrera, University of Wisconsin, Madison
yherrera@wisc.edu

Executive Committee:
Catherine Boone, University of Texas, Austin
Richard F. Doner, Emory University
Carles  Boix, Princeton University
Daniel Posner, University of California, Los Angeles

Nominating Committee:
Jennifer Widner, Chair, Princeton University

Awards

• Previous Award Recipients

The Gregory Luebbert Best Book Award is given for the best book in the field of comparative politics published in 2007 or 2008. Nominations made by the Press will ONLY be considered for this Award.  One copy of the nominated book should be submitted to each committee member by February 15, 2009. 

The Sage Paper Award to the best paper in the field of comparative politics presented at the 2008 APSA Annual Meeting. Nominations should be sent by March 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Frances Hagopian
University of Notre Dame
Kellogg Institute
237 Hesburgh Center
Notre Dame IN 46556

Award Committee Members:
Aseem  Prakash
University of Washington, Seattle
Department of Political Science
39 Gowen, Box 353530
Seattle WA 98195

William  Hurst
University of Texas, Austin
Government
1 University Station A1800
Austin TX 78712

The Gregory Luebbert Article Award for the best article in the field of comparative politics published in 2007 or 2008. Nominations should be sent by March 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Pepper D. Culpepper
Harvard Kennedy School
Democratic Institutions and Politics
79 JFK Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Award Committee Members:
Anna M. Grzymala-Busse
University of Michigan
Political Science
505 S. State Street
Ann Arbor MI 48109

David J. Samuels
University of Minnesota
Political Science
1414 Social Science Bldg.
Minneapolis MN 55455-0410

The Data Set Award for a publicly available data set that has made an important contribution to the field of comparative politics.  Nominations should be sent by March 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Lyle A. Scruggs
University of Connecticut
Political Science
341 Mansfield Rd., U-1024
Storrs Mansfield CT 06269

Award Committee Members:
Lane Kenworthy
University of Arizona
Department of Sociology
Social Sciences Building, Room 400
Tucson AZ 85721

Karen E. Ferree
University of California, San Diego
Department of Political Science
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla CA 92093-0521