Comparative Democratization

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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2007 - 2008 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
Catherine  Boone
University of Texas, Austin
Department of Government
Mail Code A1800
Austin TX 78712-1087
cboone@mail.la.utexas.edu

Secretary
Ellen M. Lust-Okar
Yale University
Department of Political Science
124 Prospect Street
New Haven CT 06511
ellen.lust-okar@yale.edu

Treasurer
Marc Morjé Howard
Georgetown University
Department of Government
ICC 681
Washington DC 20057-1034
mmh@georgetown.edu

Newsletter Editor
Diego  Abente
CADEP
Piribebuy 1058
Asunción Paraguay
drpab@hotmail.com

2008 Program Chair
Michele Penner Angrist
Union College
Department of Political Science
Social Sciences Building
Schenectady NY 12308
angristm@union.edu

Awards

• Previous Award Recipients 

The Best Book Award is given for the best book in the field of comparative democratization published in 2007 (authored, co-authored, or edited).  Copies of the nominated book should be sent to each committtee member in time to arrive by February 15, 2008.  For inquiries, contact the Award Committee Chair. 

Award Committee Chair:
James L Gibson
Washington University, St. Louis
Political Science
Campus Box 1063
One Brookings Drive
Saint Louis MO 63130-4899
jgibson@artsci.wustl.edu

Committee Members:
Sheri  Berman
Barnard College
Political Science
3009 Broadway
New York NY 10027-6598

Goldie  Shabad
Ohio State University
Political Science
154 North Oval Mall
Columbus OH 43210

The Juan Linz Prize Award 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 (2006 or 2007 for the 2008 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 the dissertation chair or a member of the dissertation committee, should be sent to each member of the selection committee in time to arrive by February 15, 2008.  For inquiries, contact the Award Committtee Chair.

Award Committee Chair:
Gwendolyn Sasse
Nuffield College
Oxford OX1 1NF United Kingdom
gwendolyn.sasse@politics.ox.ac.uk

Committee Members:
Anibal  Perez-Linan
University of Pittsburgh
Political Science
4616 Wesley Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh PA 15260

Juliet  Johnson
McGill University
Political Science
855 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal PQ H3A 2T7 Canada

The Best Field Work is a prize that rewards dissertation students who conduct especially innovative and difficult fieldwork.  Scholars who are currently writing their dissertationss or who have completed their dissertations in 2007 are eligible.  Candidates must submit three 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 in time to arrive by April 2, 2008. 

Award Committee Chair:
Kathryn E. Stoner-Weiss
Stanford University
Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
152 Central  Encina Hall
Palo Alto CA 94305-6055
ksweiss@stanford.edu

Committee Members:
Michael  Mitchell
Arizona State University
Political Science
Campus Box 873902
Tempe AZ 85287-3902

Devra Coren Moehler
Cornell University
Political Science
215 Whilte Hall
Ithaca NY 14853-7901

The Best Article Award is awarded to single authored or co-authored articles focusing directly on the subject of democratization and published in 2007 are eligible. Nominations and self-nominations are encouraged.  Copies of the articles should be sent by postal mail to each of the committee members in time to arrive by February 15, 2008.

Award Committee Chair:
Richard  Snyder
Brown University
Department of Political Science
Box 1844
36 Prospect Street
Providence RI 02912-1844

Committee Members:
Robert Fishman
University of Notre Dame
Kellogg Institute (and Sociology)
Hesburgh Center
Notre Dame IN 46556

Jose Antonio Cheibub
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Political Science
361 Lincoln Hall
702 South Wright
Urbana IL 61801

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.  Nomination should be sent in time to arrive by February 15, 2008.

Award Committee Chair:
Kurt  Weyland
University of Texas, Austin
Government
1 University Sta A1800
2.116 Batts Hall
Austin TX 78712

Committee Members:
Kathleen A. Collins
University of Minnesota
Political Science
267 19th Avenue South
1331 Social Sciences Tower
Minneapolis MN 55455

Marsha Pripstein Posusney
Bryant University
History & Social Sciences
1150 Douglas Pike
Smithfield RI 02917-1284