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2001 Award Recipients
Federalism & Intergovernmental Relations

Martha Derthick Book Award
The Martha Derthick Book Award conferred for the best book on federalism and intergovernmental relations published at least 10 years ago that has made a lasting contribution to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations.

 

Ivo Duchacek, City College of New York
Comparative Federalism: The Territorial Dimension of Politics (Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1970)

Deil S. Wright Best Paper Award
The Deil S. Wright Best Paper Award conferred for the best paper in the field of federalism and intergovernmental relations presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

  William Gormley Jr., Georgetown University
"An Evolutionary Approach to Federalism in the U.S."

Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award
The Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award recognizes distinguished scholarly contributions to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations.

  John Kincaid, Lafayette College
Law and Courts

Law and Courts Best Conference Paper Award
The Law and Courts Best Conference Paper Award (formerly the American Judicature Society Award) is given annually for the best paper on law and courts presented at the previous year’s annual meetings of the American, International, or regional political science associations. Single- and co-authored papers, written by political scientists, are eligible. Papers may be nominated by any member of the Section.

 

Howard Gillman, University of Southern California
"The Political Construction of Federal Power in Late Nineteenth-Century America."

Law and Courts Best Graduate Student Paper Award
Formerly the CQ Press Award, the Best Graduate Student Paper Award is given annually for the best paper in the field of law and courts written by a graduate student. To be eligible, the nominated paper must have been written by a full-time graduate student. Both single- and co-authored papers are eligible. In the case of co-authored papers, each author must have been a full-time graduate student at the time the paper was written. Submitted papers may have been written for any purpose (including papers written for seminar, scholarly meetings, and for potential publication in academic journals). This is NOT, however, a dissertation or thesis prize.

  Alec Ewald, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
"Getting Ready for Garza? Judge Emilio Garza, Civil Liberties, and the Politics of Judicial Selection."

Law and Courts Best Journal Article Award
This award recognizes the best journal article in the field of law and courts written by a political scientist and published during the previous calendar year (for this award cycle, this means articles published during the 2013 calendar year). Articles published in all refereed journals and in law reviews are eligible, but book reviews, review essays, and chapters published in edited volumes are not eligible. Journal editors and members of the section may nominate articles. (This award was previously known as McGraw Hill Award and as the Houghton-Mifflin Award for the Best Journal Article in the Field of Law and Courts).

  Mark Graber, University of Maryland
"The Jacksonian Origins of Chase Court Activism"

C. Herman Pritchett Award
The C. Herman Pritchett award is given annually for the best book on law and courts written by a political scientist and published the previous year.

  Forrest Maltzman, George Washington University
Crafting Law on the Supreme Court (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
  James Spriggs II, University of California at Davis
Co-Authored with Forrest Maltzman, George Washington University and Paul J. Wahlbeck, George Washington University, Crafting Law on the Supreme Court (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
  Paul Wahlbeck, George Washington University
Co-Authored with Forrest Maltzman, George Washington University and James F. Spriggs, II, University of California at Davis, Crafting Law on the Supreme Court (Cambridge University Press, 2000)

Law and Courts Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award is an award for a lifetime of significant scholarship, teaching and service to the Law and Courts field.

  Martin Shapiro, University of California-Berkeley
Lifetime Achievement Award

Law and Courts Lasting Contribution Award
The Last Contribution Award is given annually for work that stands the test of time, work that inspires long after the issue that gave rise to that work is a true mark of distinction. Each year a book or journal article, 10 years old or older, that has made a lasting impression on the field of law and courts. (From 2001 to 2007 this was titled the Wadsworth Publishing Award).

  J. Woodford Howard Jr., Johns Hopkins University
"On the Fluidity of Judicial Choice" American Political Science Review 1968
Legislative Studies

Carl Albert Dissertation Award
The Carl Albert Dissertation Award is given annually for the best dissertation in legislative studies. Topics may be national or subnational in focus-on Congress, parliaments, state legislatures, or other representative bodies.

 

Michele Swers, Harvard University
"From the Year of the Woman to the Republican Ascendency: Evaluating the Policy Impact of Women in Congress"

CQ Press Award
The CQ Press Award for the best paper on legislative studies presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

  C. Lawrence Evans, College of William and Mary
"Message Politics: Party Campaigning and Legislative Strategy in Congress"

Jewell-Loewenberg Paper Award
The Jewell-Loewenberg Paper Award for the best article in the Legislative Studies Quarterly in the previous year.

  Benjamin Bishin, University of Miami
"Constituency Influence in Congress: Does Subconstituency Matter?"

Richard F. Fenno Prize
In the tradition of Professor Fenno's work, this prize is designed to honor work that is both theoretically and empirically strong. Moreover, this prize is dedicated to encouraging scholars to pursue new and different avenues of research in order to find answers to previously unexplored questions about the nature of politics.

  Charles Cameron, Columbia University
Veto Bargaining: Presidents and the Politics of Negative Power (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
Public Policy

Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award
The Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award is given for the best book or article published in the general area of public policy during the past twenty (20) plus years. The book or article should have had a major impact on the field. This award carries a $500 prize.

 

Frank Baumgartner, Pennsylvania State University
Agendas and Instability in American Politics (University of Chicago Press, 1993)

  Bryan Jones, University of Washington
Agendas and Instability in American Politics (University of Chicago Press, 1993)
Political Organizations and Parties

Emerging Scholars Award
The Emerging Scholars Award is given to a scholar who has received his or her Ph.D. within the last five years and whose career to date demonstrates unusual promise.

 

Paul Frymer, University of California-San Diego
Emerging Scholars Award

Jack Walker Award
The Jack Walker Award recognizes an article published in the last two calendar years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties.

  Arthur Miller, University of Iowa
"Emerging Party Systems in Post-Soviet Societies" (Journal of Politics, 62)
  Gwyn Erb, University of Iowa
"Emerging Party Systems in Post-Soviet Societies" (Journal of Politics, 62)
  William Reisinger, University of Iowa
"Emerging Party Systems in Post-Soviet Societies" (Journal of Politics, 62)
  Vicki Hesli Claypool, University of Iowa
"Emerging Party Systems in Post-Soviet Societies" (Journal of Politics, 62)

Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award
The Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award recognizes a book published in the last two calendar years that made an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties.

  Mark Smith, University of Washington
American Business and Political Power: Public Opinion, Elections, and Democracy (University of Chicago Press, 2000)
  Christina Wolbrecht, University of Notre Dame
The Politics of Women's Rights: Parties, Positions, and Change (Princeton Univ Press, 2000)

POP/Party Politics Award
The POP/Party Politics Award recognizes the best paper delivered on a Political Organizations and Parties-sponsored panel at the preceding APSA annual meeting.

  Byron Shafer, Oxford University
"The Transformation of Southern Politics, Revisited: The House of Representatives as a Window"
  Richard Johnston, University of British Columbia
"The Transformation of Southern Politics, Revisited: The House of Representatives as a Window"

Samuel Eldersveld Career Achievement Award
The Samuel Eldersveld Career Achievement Award recognizes a scholar whose lifetime professional work has made an outstanding contribution to the field.

  John Bibby, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Samuel J. Eldersveld Career Achievement Award
Public Administration

Herbert Kaufman Award
The APSA Section on Public Administration is pleased to announce that nominations are being accepted for its annual Herbert Kaufman Best Paper award. The Herbert Kaufman Committee will select the best paper presented on a panel sponsored (or co-sponsored) by the Public Administration section at the 2013 APSA Annual Meeting in Chicago. The section will follow APSA’s guidance on what constitutes a ’presented paper’-papers that were uploaded to the APSA 2013 conference paper site, hosted by SSRN, or posted/presented in a virtual or alternative form (see PA Division Panels in the 2013 online program for links to such alternative presentations) are eligible for the Kaufman award.

 

Sanford Gordon, Ohio State University
"The Allocation of Bureaucratic Resources: A Stochastic Process Model of Regulatory Targeting"

  Lael Keiser, University of Missouri at Columbia
"Gender, Identity, and Representative Bureaucracy: A Neoinstitutional Approach."
  Vicky Wilkins, University of Missouri at Columbia
"Gender, Identity, and Representative Bureaucracy: A Neoinstitutional Approach."
  Catherine Holland, University of Missouri at Columbia
"Gender, Identity, and Representative Bureaucracy: A Neoinstitutional Approach."
  Kenneth Meier, Texas A&M University
"Gender, Identity, and Representative Bureaucracy: A Neoinstitutional Approach."
Conflict Processes

Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement award is given every other year in recognition of scholarly contributions that have fundamentally improved the study of conflict processes.

 

Thomas Schelling, University of Maryland
Lifetime Achievement Award

Representation and Electoral Systems

George H. Hallett Award
The George H. Hallett Award is presented annually to the author of a book published at least ten years ago that has made a lasting contribution to the literature on representation and electoral systems.

 

Bernard Grofman, University of California-Irvine
Choosing an Electoral System (Praeger, 1984) and Electoral Laws and Their Political Consequences (Agathon, 1986)

  Arend Lijphart, University of California-San Diego
Choosing an Electoral System (Praeger, 1984) and Electoral Laws and Their Political Consequences (Agathon, 1986)

Leon Weaver Award
The Leon Weaver Award given for the best paper presented at the previous year’s annual meeting at a panel sponsored by the Representation and Electoral Systems Division. ** This award will not be given this year. ***

  G. Bingham Powell Jr., University of Rochester
"Election Laws and Representation: Beyond Votes and Seats"
Presidents and Executive Politics

Founders Best Graduate Student Paper Award
The Founders Award honoring Francis Rourke is given for the best paper on executive politics presented by a Graduate Student at either the preceding year’s APSA Annual Meeting or at any of the regional meetings in the two year’s preceding the APSA Annual Meeting. One copy of each essay should be sent directly to each member of the committee.

 

Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, Texas A&M University
"Anticipating Agendas: Dynamics of Presidential Policy"

Founders Best Paper Award
The Founders Award honoring Bert Rourke is given for the best paper on executive politics authored by a PhD holding scholar presented at the previous year’s annual meeting. One copy of each essay should be sent directly to each committee member.

  Matthew Baum, University of California, Los Angeles
"Who Rallies? The Constituent Foundations of the Rally-Round-the-Flag Phenomena"

Richard E. Neustadt Best Book Award
The Richard E. Neustadt Award given for the best book on executive politics published during the year. One copy of each book should be sent directly to each member of the committee.

  Robert Shapiro, Columbia University
Politicians Don’t Pander: Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness (University of Chicago Press, 2000)
  Lawrence Jacobs, University of Minnesota
Politicians Don’t Pander: Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness (University of Chicago Press, 2000)
Political Methodology

Warren Miller Article Award
The Warren Miller Article Award is given for the best article in Political Analysis.

 

Keith Poole, University of Houston
"Estimate Legislator's Preferred Points"

Religion and Politics

Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation Award
The Aaron Wildavsky Award recognizes the best dissertation on religion and politics successfully defended within the last two years.

 

Nandita Aras, Columbia University
"The Social Bases of Hindu Nationalism and Hindu Nationalist Parties"

  David Campbell, Harvard University
"Acts of Faith: Strict Churches and Political Mobilization"
Urban Politics

Best Dissertation Award
The Best Dissertation Award is given annually for the best dissertation on urban politics accepted in the previous year.

 

Mara Sidney, Rutgers University
"Linking National Policy Designs and Local Action: A Comparison of Fair Housing and Community Reinvestment Policies"

Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper given at an Urban Politics Section panel at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.

  Vojislava Filipcevic, Columbia University
"Reclaiming the Urban Trenches"

Norton Long Career Achievement Award
The Norton Long Career Achievement Award is presented annually to a scholar who has made distinguished contributions to the study of urban politics over the course of a career through scholarly publication, the mentoring of students, and public service

  Marilyn Gittell, CUNY Graduate Center
  Dennis Judd, University of Missouri, St. Louis

Norton Long Young Scholars
The Norton Long Young Scholars award is given to scholars who are completing or have completed their Ph.D. within the last three years and submitted a paper proposal for the 2014 APSA meetings to the 2014 program chairs.

  Peter Burns, Trinity College
"Electoral Politics Is Not Enough: The Ongoing Struggle of African Americans and Latinos for Full Representation in Urban Politics"
  Anirudh Ruhil, University of Illinois at Chicago
"Beyond Lipservice: Unpacking the Roots and Fruits of Municipal Institutions"
Science, Technology & Environmental Politics

Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize
The Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize is given for the best book on environmental politics and policy published in the past three years.

 

Elizabeth DeSombre, Colby College
Domestic Sources of International Environmental Policy

Women and Politics Research

Best Dissertation Prize
The Best Dissertation Prize for the best dissertation on women and politics completed and accepted in the previous year.

 

Kimberly Morgan, Princeton University
"Whose Hand Rocks the Cradle? The Politics of Child Care Policy in Advanced Industrialized States"

Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award presented for the best paper presented at the previous year’s annual meeting in the field of women and politics.

  Kimberly Morgan, Princeton University
"Women and the Two-Tiered Politics of Social and Political Citizenship in Europe"
Foundations of Political Thought

Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper presented on a foundations panel at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.

 

Jennifer Pitts, Yale University
"Legislator of the World? A Rereading of Bentham on India."

David Easton Award
The David Easton Award is given for a book that broadens the horizons of contemporary political science by engaging issues of philosophical significance in political life through any of a variety of approaches in the social sciences and humanities.

  Rogers Smith, University of Pennsylvania
Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. History

First Book Award
The First Book Award is given for a first book by a scholar in the early stages of his or her career in the area of political theory or political philosophy.

  Sara Monoson, Northwestern University
Plato's Democratic Entanglements
Information Technology and Politics

Best Website Award
The Best Political Science Website or Software Award recognizes the website or software, which contributes to research and/or teaching in political science.

 

, Teaching Human Rights Online
www.oz.uc.edu/thro

Comparative Politics

Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Data Set Award
The Data Set Award recognizes a publicly available data set that has made an important contribution to the field of comparative politics.

 

Ronald Inglehart, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
World Values Survey/Eurobarometers Data Set

Luebbert Best Article Award
The Luebbert Article Award is given for the best article in the field of comparative politics published in the previous two years.

  David Rueda, State University of New York
"Wage Inequalities and the Varieties of Capitalism," World Politics, 52:3 (April 2000)
  Nicholas Sambanis, Yale University
"Partition as a Solution to Ethnic War: An Empirical Critique of the Theoretical Literature," World Politics 52 (4)
  Honorable Mention
Torsten Persson, Institute for International Economic Studies
The Size and Scope of Government: Comparative Politics with Rational Politicians," European Economic Review, 43: 4-6 (April 1999)
  Honorable Mention
Jonas Pontusson, Princeton University
"Wage Inequalities and the Varieties of Capitalism," World Politics, 52:3 (April 2000)
  Honorable Mention
Michael Wallerstein, Harvard University
Wage-Setting Institutions and Pay Inequality in Advanced Industrial Societies. American Journal of Political Science, 43:3 (2000)

Luebbert Best Book Award
The Luebbert Book Award is given for the best book in the field of comparative politics published in the previous two years.

  Jeffrey Herbst, European University Institute
States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control (Princeton University Press, 2000)
  Stefano Bartolini, European University Institute
The Political Mobilization of the European Left, 1860-1980: The Class Cleavage (Cambridge University Press, 2000)

Sage Best Paper Award
The Sage Best Paper Award is given to the best paper in the field of comparative politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.

  Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, University of California San Diego
"Federalism and Democratization in Mexico." Presented at the 2000 APSA Meeting
  Beatriz Magaloni, Stanford University
"Federalism and Democratization in Mexico." Presented at the 2000 APSA Meeting
  Barry Weingast, Stanford University
"Federalism and Democratization in Mexico." Presented at the 2000 APSA Meeting
European Politics and Society

Best Book Award
The Best Book Award is given for the best book on European Politics and society published in the previous year

 

Stefano Bartolini
The Political Mobilization of the European Left, 1860-1980: The Class Cleavage (Cambridge University Press 2000)

Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper presented at a panel sponsored by the section at the most recent meeting

  Tanja Boerzel, European University Institute, Florence
"When Europe Hits Home: Europeanization and Domestic Change"
  Thomas Risse, European University Institute, Florence
"When Europe Hits Home: Europeanization and Domestic Change"
State Politics and Policy

Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award for the best paper on state politics and policy presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.

 

Thomas Rudolph, University of Minnesota
"Divided Government and Fiscal Policy in the American States"

Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper on state politics given at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.

  Lael Keiser, University of Missouri at Columbia
"State Governments, Vertical Transfer, and the Implementation of Public Policy"

Career Achievement Award
The Career Achievement Award given every biennium to a political scientist who has made a significant lifetime contribution to the study of politics and public policies in the American states.

  Sarah Morehouse, University of Connecticut
Political Communication

Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award
The Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award recognizes a lifetime contribution to the study of Political Communication. The award is now given only in odd-numbered years.

 

Steven Chaffee, University of California at Santa Barbara

  Jack McLeod, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Doris Graber Award
The Doris Graber Award recognizes the best book published on political communication in the last ten years.

  John Zaller, University of California at Los Angeles
The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion

Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award
The Paul Lazarsfeld Award recognizes the best paper on political communication presented at the previous year’s APSA annual meeting.

  Scott Althaus, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
"Agenda Setting and the 'New' News"
  David Tewksbury, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
"Agenda Setting and the 'New' News"
Politics and History

J. David Greenstone Book Prize
The J. David Greenstone Book Prize recognizes the best book in history and politics in the past two calendar years.

 

Uday Mehta, University of Pennsylvania
Liberalism and Empire: A Study in Nineteenth Century British Liberal Thought (University of Chicago Press, 1999)

Mary Parker Follett Prize
The Mary Parker Follett Prize recognizes the best article on Politics and History published in the previous year.

  Jeffery Jenkins, Michigan State University
"Examining the Robustness of Ideological Voting: Evidence from the Confederate House of Representatives" (American Journal of Political Science 44:8)
Political Economy

Award Name Not Specified

 

Catherine Hafer, University of Rochester
"The Political Economy of Emerging Property"

Mancur Olson Best Dissertation Award
The Best Dissertation Award, named for Mancur Olson, is given for the best dissertation in political economy completed in the previous two years.

  Catherine Hafer, University of Rochester
"The Political Economy of Emerging Property Rights"

William H. Riker Book Award
The Best Book Award, named for William H. Riker, is given for the best book on political economy published during the past three calendar years.

  Charles Cameron, Columbia University
Veto Bargaining: Presidents and the Politics of Negative Power (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
Ecological and Transformational Politics

Best Book Award
The Best Book Award recognizes a book of extraordinary merit in the field of transformational politics, in particular the politics and processes of deliberate efforts for change on behalf of ideals that are democratic, ecological, and humanistic, published in the preceding two calendar years.

 

William Shutkin
The Land that Could Be: Environmentalism and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century

Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award recognizes a paper of outstanding merit given on a panel on ecological and transformational politics at the APSA Annual Meeting in the preceding year.

  Colleen Danos
"Towards Transformation: Changing Court Practices"
New Political Science

Christian Bay Award
The Christian Bay Award recognizes the best paper presented on a new political science panel at the previous year’s annual meeting.

 

Chenshan Tian, University of Hawaii at Manoa
"The Reception of Marxist Thought in China: A Chinese Representation of Dialectical Materialism"

Charles A. McCoy Career Achievement Award
The Charles A. McCoy Career Achievement Award recognizes a progressive political scientist who has had a long, successful career as a writer, teacher and activist.

  Bertell Ollman, New York University

Michael Harrington Book Award
The Michael Harrington Book Award recognizes an outstanding book that demonstrates how scholarship can be used in the struggle for a better world.

  Stan Luger, University of Northern Colorado
Corporate Power, American Democracy, and the Automobile Industry
Political Psychology

Robert E. Lane Award
The Robert E. Lane Award for the best book in political psychology published in the past year.

 

Robert Entman, North Carolina State University
The Black Image in the White Mind: Media and Race in America

  Andrew Rojecki, University of Illinois at Chicago
The Black Image in the White Mind: Media and Race in America
  Robert Lane, Yale University
The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies
Political Science Education

Best Paper Presentation Award
The Best Paper Presentation Award is given for the best presentation on undergraduate education at the past year's APSA Annual Meeting.

 

Michelle Deardorff, Millikin University
"The Role of the 'Major' in Political Science Assessment: Recruitment, Rigor, Rolodex"

  Jacek Lubecki, Millikin University
"The Role of the 'Major' in Political Science Assessment: Recruitment, Rigor, Rolodex"
  Robert McIntire, Milikin University
"The Role of the 'Major' in Political Science Assessment: Recruitment, Rigor, Rolodex"
Politics, Literature, and Film

Wilson Carey McWilliams Best Paper Award
The Wilson Carey McWilliams Best Paper Award is given for the best paper presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.

 

Michael Kochin, Tel Aviv University
"The Richardsonian Republic"

  Katherine Philippakis, Arizona State University
"The Richardson Republic"
Foreign Policy

Best Paper Award
The Best Paper on foreign policy presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

 

Amy Searight, Northwestern University
"Of Rose Gardens and Fishbowls: Electoral Incentives and U.S.-Japan Economic Bargaining, 1966-1998"

  Christopher Way, Cornell University
"Of Rose Gardens and Fishbowls: Electoral Incentives and U.S.-Japan Economic Bargaining, 1966-1998"
Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior

Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper delivered at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

 

James Glaser, Tufts University
"Of White Voters and Black Schools"

Emerging Scholar Award
The Emerging Scholar Award is awarded to the top scholar in the field who is within 10 years of her or his Ph.D.

  Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University
  R. Alvarez, California Institute of Technology

Philip E. Converse Book Award
The Philip E. Converse Book Award is given for an outstanding book in the field published at least five years before.

  James Stimson, University of North Carolina
Public Opinion in America: Moods, Cycles, and Swings
Race, Ethnicity and Politics

Best Book Award
The Best Book Award is given for the best book in the field of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics.

 

Richard Iton, University of Toronto
Solidarity Blues: Race, Culture, and the American Left

  Claire Kim, University of California
Bitter Fruit, The Politics of Black-Korean Conflict in New York City
  William Nelson Jr., Ohio State University
Black Atlantic Politics ( State University of New York Press, 2000)
  David Kryder, Massachussetts Insititute of Technology
Divided Arsenal: Race and the American State During World War II (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
  Ronald Schmidt Sr., California University, Long Beach
Language Policy and Identity Politics in the U.S. (Cambridge University Press, 2000)

Best Dissertation Award
The Best Dissertation Award is given for the best American dissertation on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics accepted in the previous year.

  Jeannine Bell, University of Michigan
"Policing Hatred: Police Officers, Bias Crime, and the Politics of Civil Rights Law Enforcement"
  Felicia Wong, University of California at Berkeley
"The Good Fight: Race, Politics, and Contemporary Urban Education Reform"
International History and Politics

Robert L. Jervis and Paul W. Schroeder Best Book Award
The Robert L. Jervis and Paul Schroeder Best Book Award for the best book on International History and Politics. This award may be granted to a single-authored or multi-authored book, or to an edited volume. The award will be given to works published in the calendar year prior to the year of the APSA meeting at which the award is presented. The copyright date of a book will establish the relevant year. Hence, books with a 2013 copyright date will be eligible for the award presented at the 2014 APSA meeting. To be considered for the award, nominations must be received by January 31, 2015.

 

Matthew Evangelista, Cornell University
Unarmed Forces: The Transnatinal Movement to End the Cold War