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) |