European Politics and Society

Membership

Section List

The purpose of the section is to promote comparative discussion, research and debate about the changing sociology of politics, the state and social structures in modern Western Europe.

Review the Section's bylaws.

European Politics and Society Syllabus Bank

Website: www.apsanet.org/~ep/

2009 - 2010 Officers

Chair:
David Rueda
University of Oxford
Politics and International Relations
Merton College
Merton Street
Oxford OX1 4JD United Kingdom
david.rueda@politics.ox.ac.uk

Chair-Elect:
Wade Jacoby
Brigham Young University
Political Science
745 SWKT
Provo UT 84604
wade_jacoby@byu.edu

Treasurer:
Karl C. Kaltenthaler
University of Akron
Department of Political Science
Olin Hall 214
Akron OH 44325-1904
kck@uakron.edu

2010 Program Chair:
Wade Jacoby
Brigham Young University
Political Science
745 SWKT
Provo UT 84604
wade_jacoby@byu.edu

Webmaster:
Leonard Ray
Louisana State University
Department of Political Science
240 Stubbs Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
lray2@lsu.edu

EPS Newsletter Editor:
George E. Shambaugh
Georgetown University
Department of Government
681 ICC
Washington DC 20057-1055
langenbe@georgetown.edu

Steering Committee:
Christopher Anderson, Cornell University
Tanja Borzel, Free University Berlin
Rachel Cichowski, University of Washington
Marc M. Howard, Georgetown University
Kees van Kersbergen, Free University Amsterdam
Amie Kreppel, University of Florida
Bruno Palier, Sciences Po
David Rueda, University of Oxford
Anna Grzymala-Busse, University of Missouri
Rafaela Dancygier, Princeton University
Ingrid van Biezen, Leiden University
Jan Kubik, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Awards

Previous Award Recipients

The Best Book Award will be given to the best book published on European Politics and Society during 2009. Books to be considered for this award must be nominated by the publisher (self-nominations will not be accepted). Please send a letter of nomination and one copy of the book to each committee member by March 1, 2010.

Award Committee Chair:
Bonnie Meguid
University of Rochester
Political Science
306 Harkness Hall
Rochester NY 14627

Award Committee Members:
Daniel Kelemen
Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Political Science
89 George Street
New Brunswick NJ 08901-1411

Gwendolyn Sasse
University of Oxford, Nufield College
Politics and International Relations
New Road
Oxford OX1 1NF
United Kingdom

Best Paper Award is given for the best paper on European Politics and Society presented at the 2009 APSA meeting. Nominations (a brief note of nomination as well as a copy of the paper itself) should be sent to each of the three committee members, either electronically or in hard copy and must be received by March 1, 2010.

Award Committee Chair:
John Stephens
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Political Science
Center for European Studies
Chapel Hill NC 27599-3449

Award Committee Members:
Ingrid van Biezen
Leiden University
Political Science
PO Box 9555
Leiden 2300 RB Netherlands

Thomas König
University of Mannheim
Political Science
A 5
Mannheim 68159 Germany

Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award
The Section's inaugural Prize for the Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation on European Politics and Society filed during 2009. To be considered for this award, a dissertation must be nominated by the Chair of the department in which it was defended (again, we cannot accept self-nominations). Letters of nomination and a copy of the dissertation must be sent to each committee member by March 1, 2010.

Award Committee Chair:
Tanja A. Boerzel
Freie Universität Berlin
Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science
Ihnestr. 22
Berlin 14195 Germany

Award Committee Members:
Jane R. Gingrich
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Political Science
1414 Social Sciences
Minneapolis MN 55455

Karl Orfeo Fioretos
Temple University
Political Science
1115 W Berks Street
Gladfelter Hall, Rm 409
Philadelphia PA 19122