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Critical Political Science (Section 27)

A section of critical scholars committed to making the study of political science relevant to building a more democratic and egalitarian economic, social, and political order.

CNPS biennial conference postponed from 2021 to 2022 due to Covid-19 pandemic. Details will follow on section website.

Founded: 1992
Website: connect.apsanet.org/s27

Social: @NPS_Journal

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New Political Science  

NPS_Dec17

Publishes 4 times per year.

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Section Awards

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 27. New Political Science awards to-date »
 

Christian Bay Award

The Christian Bay Award recognizes the best paper presented on a Critical Political Science panel at the previous year's annual meeting.
Deadline for nominations: April 1, 2023

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Katherine Young (chair) University of Hawaii -- Hilo youngkat@hawaii.edu
Joseph Peschek Hamline University jpeschek@hamline.edu
Robert Kirsch Arizona State University rekirsch@asu.edu

Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven Award

The Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven Award recognizes an activist group, in the region of the annual meeting, that puts the ideals of the Critical Political Science Section, "to make the study of politics relevant to the struggle for a better world," into practice. Deadline for nominations: April 1, 2023

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Wendy Sarvasy (chair) California State University – East Bay wsarvasy@gmail.com
William Sokoloff University of Texas Rio Grande Valley william.sokoloff@utrgv.edu
Frances Fox Piven (honorary) CUNY – Graduate School fpiven@hotmail.com

Charles A. McCoy Career Achievement Award

The Charles A. McCoy Career Achievement Award recognizes a progressive political scientist who has had a long, successful career as a writer, teacher, and activist. Deadline for nominations: April 1, 2023

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Clyde Barrow (chair) University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley Clyde.barrow@utrgv.edu​
Judith Grant Ohio University grantj@ohio.edu
John Grummel Upper Iowa University grummelj@uiu.edu

 

 

 

Michael Harrington Book Award

The Michael Harrington Book Award recognizes an outstanding book that demonstrates how scholarship can be used in the struggle for a better world.
Deadline for nominations: April 1, 2023

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email
Sarah Surak (chair) Salisbury University SMSURAK@Salisbury.edu
Elizabeth McKenna Johns Hopkins University elizabethmck@gmail.com
James Simmons University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh   simmons@uwosh.edu

Stephen Eric Bronner Dissertation Award

For an outstanding Political Science dissertation finished within the previous year of the APSA Meeting which exemplifies the commitment to use scholarship in the struggle for a better world. Deadline for nominations: April 1, 2022

Award Committee

Name Affiliation Email

Lahoma Thomas (chair)

 Toronto Metropolitan University l.thomas@ryerson.ca
Peter Wagner University of Wisconsin -- Whitewater wagnerp@uww.edu
Benjamin Abrams University College London b.abrams@ucl.ac.uk
Stephen Eric Bronner (honorary) Rutgers University (emeritus) bronnerse@gmail.com