Comparative Democratization

Membership

Section List

By-Laws

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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2008 - 2009 Officers

Chair:
Nancy Bermeo
Nuffield Professor of Comparative Politics
Oxford University
Oxford OX 1 1NF United Kingdom
nancy.bermeo@nuffield.ox.ac.uk
bermeo@princeton.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:
Marc Morjé Howard
Georgetown University
Department of Government
ICC 681
Washington, DC 20057-1034
mmh@georgetown.edu

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

2009 Program Chair:
Omar G. Encarnacion
Bard College
Political Studies
Annandale Road
Annandale On Hudson NY 12504-5000
encarna@bard.edu

Awards

Previous Award Recipients

The Best Book Award is given for the best book in the field of comparative democratization published in 2008 (authored, co-authored, or edited). Copies of the nominated book should be sent to each committtee member in time to arrive by February 13, 2009. Books received after this deadline cannot be considered.

Award Committee Chair:
Ellen Mickiewicz
Duke University
Sanford Institute of Public Policy
Box 90241
Durham NC 27708-0241

Committee Members:
Michael Bernhard
Pennsylvania State University
Political Science
219 Pond Laboratories
University Park PA 16802-6200

Dietrich Rueschemeyer
Brown University
Sociology
Box 1916, Maxcy Hall
112 George Street
Providence RI 02912

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 (2007 or 2008 for the 2009 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, 2009 deadline.

Award Committtee Chair:
Mary E. Gallagher
University of Michigan
Political Science
7634 Haven Hall
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045
metg@umich.edu

Committee Members:
Ben Ross Schneider
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Political Science
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Room E53-470
Cambridge, MA  02139-4307
brs@northwestern.edu

David Waldner
University of Virginia
Politics
232 Cabell Hall
PO Box 400787
Charlottesville VA 22904-4787
daw4h@virginia.edu

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 2008 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, 2009 deadline.

Award Committee Chair:
Jonathan Fox
University of California, Santa Cruz
Latin American & Latino Studies
Merrill College
Merrill Academic Building, Room 32
Santa Cruz CA 95064
jafox@ucsc.edu

Award Committee Members:
Melanie Frances Manion
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Political Science and Public Affairs
Observatory Hill Office Building
1225 Observatory Drive
Madison WI 53706
manion@lafollette.wisc.edu

Andrew Roberts
Northwestern University
Department of Political Science
601 University Place
Evanston IL 60208
aroberts@northwestern.edu

The Best Article Award is awarded to single-authored or co-authored articles focusing directly on the subject of democratization and published in 2008 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, 2009 deadline.

Award Committee Chair:
Jason Brownlee
University of Texas, Austin
Government
1 University Station A1800
Austin TX 78712-0119

Committee Members:
Leslie Elliott Armijo
3927 Tempest Drive
Lake Oswego OR 97035

Oisín Tansey
University of Reading
Politics and International Relations
Whiteknights,
PO Box 218,
Reading RG6 6AA United Kingdom

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, 2009 deadline.

Award Committee Chair:
Jan Teorell, Lund University
Jan.Teorell@svet.lu.se

Committee Members:
Adrienne LeBas, Nuffield College
adrienne.lebas@nuffield.ox.ac.uk

Joshua Tucker, New York University
joshua.tucker@nyu.edu