Comparative Democratization

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The Comparative Democratization Section exists to promote the analysis of the origins, processes, and outcomes of democratization among nations, spur communication among political scientists whose scholarship focuses on particular world regions, and stimulate greater involvement within APSA of political scientists working in various areas like Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Far East, Europe, and the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Section By-Laws

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2009 - 2010 Officers

Chair:
Ashutosh Varshney
Brown University
Political Science
Box 1844
36 Prospect Street
Providence RI 02912
ashutosh_varshney@brown.edu

Vice-Chair:
Leslie E. Anderson
University of Florida
Political Science
234 Anderson
Gainesville FL 32611-7325
landerso@polisci.ufl.edu

Secretary:
Jose Antonio Cheibub
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Political Science
361 Lincoln Hall
702 South Wright
Urbana IL 61801
cheibub@uiuc.edu

Treasurer:
Juliet Johnson
McGill University
Political Science
855 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal PQ H3A 2T7 Canada
juliet.johnson@mcgill.ca

Newsletter Editor:
Diego Abente
Int'l Forum for Democratic Studies
National Endowment for Democracy
1025 F Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20004
diegoa@ned.org

Awards

Previous Award Recipients

The Best Book Award is given for the best book in the field of comparative democratization published in 2009 (authored, co-authored, or edited). Copies of the nominated book should be sent to each committtee member in time to arrive by February 13, 2010. Books received after this deadline cannot be considered.

Award Committee Members:
Ann Grzymala-Busse, University of Michigan Chair
Jacques Bertrand, University of Toronto
Thad Dunning, Yale University

The Juan Linz Prize for Best Dissertation in the Comparative Study of Democracy is given for the best dissertation in the Comparative Study of Democracy completed and accepted in the two calendar years immediately prior to the APSA Annual Meeting where the award will be presented (2008 or 2009 for the 2010 Annual Meeting). The prize can be awarded to analyses of individual country cases as long as they are clearly cast in a comparative perspective. A hard copy of the dissertation, accompained by a letter of support from a member of the dissertation committee should be sent to each member of the prize committee.   Nominations should be received by the February 13, 2010 deadline.

Award Committtee Members:
Catherine Boone, University of Texas, Austin, Chair
Gerardo Munck, University of Southern California
Daniel Ziblatt, Harvard University

The Best Field Work is a prize that rewards dissertation students who conduct especially innovative and difficult fieldwork.  Scholars who are currently writing their dissertations or who complete their dissertations in 2009 are eligible. Candidates must submit two chapters of their dissertation and a letter of nomination from the chair of their dissertation committee describing the field work.   The material submitted must describe the field work in detail and should provide one or two key insights from the evidence collected in the field.  The chapters may be sent electronically or in hard copy directly to each committee member.  Nominations should be received by the February 13, 2010 deadline.

Award Committee Members:
Melani Cammett, Brown University, Chair
Fotini Christia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alexandra Scacco, Oxford University

The Best Article Award is awarded to single-authored or co-authored articles focusing directly on the subject of democratization and published in 2009 are eligible. Nominations and self-nominations are encouraged. Copies of the articles should be sent by postal mail to each of the committee members. Nominations should be received by the February 13, 2010 deadline.

Award Committee Member:
Evan Lieberman, Princeton University, Chair
Eva Bellin, City University of New York
Steven Levitsky, Harvard University

The Best Paper Award is given to the best paper presented on a panel organized by the Comparative Democratization Section at the previous year's APSA convention. Papers must be nominated by panel chairs or discussants. No self nominations are permitted. Nominated papers must be send by email to each committee member listed below.  Nominations should be received by the February 13, 2010 deadline.

Award Committee Members:
Scott Mainwaring, University of Notre Dame, Chair
Henry Hale, George Washington University
Dan Slater, University of Chicago