European Politics and Society

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.

Review the Section's bylaws.

European Politics and Society Syllabus Bank 

Website: www.apsanet.org/~ep/

2007 - 2008 Officers 

Chair:
Jonas Pontusson
Princeton University
Department of Politics
230 Corwin Hall
Princeton NJ 08544
jpontuss@princeton.edu

Treasurer:
Karl C. Kaltenthaler
University of Akron
Department of Political Science
Olin Hall 214
Akron OH 44325-1904
kck@uakron.edu

2008 Program Chair:
Anna M. Grzymala-Busse
University of Michigan
Department of Political Science
505 S. State Street
Ann Arbor MI 48109
abusse@umich.edu

Webmaster:
Leonard Ray
Louisana State University
Department of Political Science
240 Stubbs Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
lray2@lsu.edu

EPS Newsletter Editor:
George E. Shambaugh
Georgetown University
Department of Government
681 ICC
Washington DC 20057-1055
langenbe@georgetown.edu

Steering Committee:
Christopher Anderson, Cornell University (Chair)
Tanja Borzel, Free University Berlin
Rachel Cichowski, University of Washington
Marc M. Howard, Georgetown University
Karl Kaltenthaler, University of Akron
Kees van Kersbergen, Free University Amsterdam
Jonas Pontusson, Princeton University (Chair-Elect)
David Rueda, University of Oxford
Milada Anna Vachudova, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Awards

• Previous Award Recipients 

The Best Book Award will be given to the best book published on European Politics and Society during 2007.  Books to be considered for this award must be nominated by the publisher (self-nominations will not be accepted).  Please send a letter of nomination and one copy of the book to each committee member by March 1, 2008.

Award Committee Chair:
Daniel F. Ziblatt
Harvard University
Government
27 Kirkland St at Cabot Way
Cambridge MA 02138

Committee Members:
Sophie  Meunier
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson School
Robertson 437
Princeton NJ 08544

Susan L. Woodward
CUNY, Graduate Center
Political Science
365 Fifth Avenue
New York NY 10016

Best Paper Award is given for the best paper on European Politics and Society presented at the 2007 APSA meeting.  Nominations (a brief note of nomination as well as a copy of the paper itself) should be sent to each of the three committee members, either electronically or in hard copy and must be received by March 1, 2008. 

Award Committee Chair:
Lucy M. Goodhart
Columbia University
Political Science
IAB 734, Mailcode 3320
420 West 118th St.
New York NY 10027

Committee Members:
Joshua A. Tucker
New York University
Wilf Family Department of Politics
19 West 4th Street
Room 430
New York NY 10012

Simon  Hix
London School of Economics
 and Political Science
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE United Kingdom

Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award
The Section's inaugural Prize for the Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation on European Politics and Society filed during 2007.  To be considered for this award, a dissertation must be nominated by the Chair of the department in which it was defended (again, we cannot accept self-nominations).  Letters of nomination and a copy of the dissertation must be sent to each committee member.

Award Committee Chair:
Sofia A. Perez
Boston University
Political Science
232 Bay State Road
Boston MA 02215

Committtee Members:
Mark A. Pollack
Temple University
Political Science
Gladfelter Hall Room 409
1115 West Berks Street
Philadelphia PA 19122

Venelin I. Ganev
Miami University, Ohio
Political Science
Harrison Hall 316
Oxford OH 45056