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.
Founded: 1989
Yearly membership dues: $10.00 for students and $10.00 for other members.
Journal: European Politics and Society Syllabus Bank
Newsletter: European Politics and Society Newsletter
Website: connect.apsanet.org/s21
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2018 Annual Meeting Program Chairs
Jane Gingrich
University of Oxford
[email protected]
Council
Term: 09/2015-08/2018
Nancy Bermeo, Oxford University
Giovanni Capoccia, Oxford University
Henry Farrell, George Washington University
Term: 09/2016-08/2019
Wade Jacoby, Brigham Young University
Term: 09/2017-08/2020
Pepper Culpepper, University of Oxford
R. Daniel Kelemen, Rutgers University
Section awards are presented during the APSA annual meeting awards ceremony. To learn more about any award listed, contact the award committee chair for the award.
All section 21. European Politics and Society awards to-date »
Best Article Award
This award is given for the best article dealing with European Politics & Society published in the last year.
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Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2018
Award Committee
Best Book Award
The Best Book Award is given for the best book on European Politics and society published in the previous year.
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Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2018
Award Committee
Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award
The Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award is given for the best dissertation on European Politics and Society filed during the previous year.
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Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2018
Award Committee
Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper presented on European politics and society at the previous year's annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.
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Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2018
Award Committee
Peter Mair Award
The Peter Mair Memorial Award will fund the travel of two young scholars to attend the APSA meeting. Named in memory of Professor Peter Mair, one of the foremost scholars of European politics, the award is meant explicitly to enable young scholars of European politics without adequate funding to present a paper in one of the panels organized by the EPS section. First-time APSA-attendants who are graduate students or junior professors from underfunded European universities (notably in the East and South) are prioritized, but senior scholars from such institutions as well as junior scholars from underfunded non-European universities (including the US) are also considered. Applicants are expected to also apply to all other travel funds they are eligible for, including their department/university, national science foundations, and the APSA Travel Fund. The Awards are set at a maximum of $1,000 each, but partial/matching funding is possible too (and could lead to a larger number of grants). Applications for the Peter Mair Memorial Award should include: Name, position, and academic affiliation; Title of proposed paper and EPS-Panel it was submitted to; Letter from Head of Department confirming that there are no/not sufficient university funds; List of other funding agencies you have applied to; Indicate whether this would be your first APSA attendance
*Send your application materials directly to the 2018 award committee.
Previous recipients »
Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2018
Award Committee