Organized Section 35: Best Book Award

Comparative Democratization Section Award Recipients

Best Book Award
Given for the best book in the field of Comparative Democratization published in 2013 (authored, co-authored or edited). Copies of the nominated book should be sent to each committee member in time to arrive by March 14, 2014. Books received after this deadline cannot be considered.

2016	Kenneth Roberts, Cornell University Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era. Cambridge University Press, 2015
2015	Kurt Weyland, University of Texas at Austin Making Waves: Democratic Contention in Europe and Latin America since 1848. Cambridge University Press, 2014
2015	Honorable Mention Rachel Beatty Ridel, Northwestern University Authoritarian Origins of Democratic Party Systems in Africa. Cambridge University Press, 2014
2015	Honorable Mention Ben Ansell, Oxford University Inequality and Democratization an Elite-Competition Approach. Cambridge University Press, 2014
2015	Honorable Mention David Samuels, University of Minnesota Inequality and Democratization an Elite-Competition Approach. Cambridge University Press, 2014
2013	Milan Svolik, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Politics of Authoritarian Rule (Cambridge University Press, 2012)
2013	Honorable Mention Michael Coppedge, University of Notre Dame Democratization and Research Methods (Cambridge University Press, 2012)
2012	Susan Hyde, Yale University The Pseudo-Democrat's Dilemma: Why Election Monitoring Became an International Norm (Cornell University Press, 2011)
2012	Honorable Mention Vineeta Yadav, Pennsylvania State University Political Parties, Business Groups, and Corruption in Developing Countries (Oxford University Press, 2011)
2011	Timothy Frye, Columbia University Building States and Markets after Communism: The Perils of Polarized Democracy
2011	Monika Nalepa, Princeton University Skeletons in the Closet: Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Systems
2010	Zachary Elkins, University of Texas, Austin The Endurance of National Constitutions
2010	Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago The Endurance of National Constitutions
2010	James Melton, IMT Institute for Advanced Studies The Endurance of National Constitutions
2009	Thad Dunning, Yale University Crude Democracy: Natural Resource Wealth and Political Regimes (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
2008	Kenneth F. Greene, University of Texas-Austin  Why Dominant Parties Lose: Mexico's Democratization in Comparative Perspective
2008	Amaney Jamal, Princeton University Barriers to Democracy
2007	Jillian Schwedler, University of Maryland Faith in Moderation: Islamist Parties in Jordan and Yemen
2006	M. Fish, University of California, Berkeley Democracy Derailed in Russia: The Failure of Open Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2005)
2005	Kurt Schock, Rutgers University, Newark Unarmed Insurrections: People Power Movements in Nondemocracies (University of Minnesota Press)
2005	Charles Tilly, Columbia University Contention and Democracy in Europe, 1650-2000 (Cambridge University Press)
2004	Nancy Bermeo, Princeton University Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times (Princeton University Press, 2003)