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Comparative Democratization Section 35 of the American Political Science Association |
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Awards
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2010 Award Committees
The Comparative Democratization Section will present five awards for scholarly work at the 2010 APSA annual meeting in Washington, D.C.: the Juan Linz Prize for Best Dissertation, and Best Book, Best Article, Best Field Work, and Best Paper prizes. Members are strongly encouraged to submit nominations (including for several awards self-nominations) to the appropriate committees listed below. Please also forward this information to colleagues and graduate students. We ask you to note the eligibility criteria, deadlines for submissions, and materials that must accompany nominations. Please direct any queries to the committee chairs. Juan Linz Prize for Best Dissertation in the Comparative Study of Democracy: 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 (2008 or 2009 for the 2010 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, accompanied by a letter of support from a member of the dissertation committee should be sent to each member of the prize selection committee. Deadline: February 12, 2010 Committee Chair: Catherine Boone University of Texas, Austin Dept. of Government 1 University Station A1800 Austin, TX 78712 Telephone: 512-232-7249 Email: cboone@mail.la.utexas.edu Committee members: Gerardo Luis Munck Professor of International Relations University of Southern California 3518 Trousdale Parkway, VKC 330 Los Angeles, CA. 90089-0043 Telephone: 213-821-2720 E-mail: munck@email.usc.edu Daniel Ziblatt Center for European Studies Harvard University 27 Kirkland St. Cambridge, MA 02138 Telephone: 617-495-4303 E-mail: dziblatt@fas.harvard.edu Best Book Award: Given for the best book in the field of comparative democratization published in 2009 (authored, co-authored or edited). Copies of the nominated book should be sent to each committee member in time to arrive by February 12, 2010. Books received after this deadline cannot be considered. Deadline: February 12, 2010 Committee Chair: Anna Grzymala-Busse Department of Political Science University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Telephone: 734-763-4699 E-mail: abusse@umich.edu Committee members: Jacques Bertrand Asian Institute, University of Toronto Munk Centre for International Studies 1 Devonshire Place Toronto, ON M5S 3K7 Telephone: 416-946-8982 E-mail: bertrand@chass.utoronto.ca Thad Dunning Political Science Yale University 115 Prospect St., Rosenkranz Hall, Room 420 P.O. Box 208301 New Haven, CT 06520-8301 Telephone: 203-432-6063 E-mail: thad.dunning@yale.edu Best Article: Single-authored or co-authored articles focusing directly on the subject of democratization and published in 2009 are eligible. Nominations and self-nominations are encouraged. Copies of the article should be sent by postal mail to each of the committee members. Deadline: February 12, 2010 Committee Chair: Evan S. Lieberman Department of Politics Princeton University 239 Corwin Hall Princeton, NJ 08544 Telephone: 609-258-6833 E-mail: esl@princeton.edu Committee members: Eva Bellin Department of Political Science Hunter College 1705 HW 695 Park Ave NY, NY 10065 Telephone: 212-772-5666 E-mail:ebellin@hunter.cuny.edu Steven Levitsky Harvard University 1737 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Telephone: 617-495-9997 E-mail: levitsky@wcfia.harvard.edu Best Field Work: This prize rewards dissertation students who conduct especially innovative and difficult fieldwork. Scholars who are currently writing their dissertations or who complete their dissertations in 2009 are eligible. Candidates must submit two 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. Deadline: February 12, 2010 Committee Chair: Melani Cammett Department of Political Science Brown University Box 1844 36 Prospect Street Providence, RI 02912 Telephone: 401-863-1570 E-mail: Melani_Cammett@Brown.EDU Committee members: Fotini Christia Department of Political Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E53-425 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 Telephone: 617-324-5595 E-mail: cfotini@mit.edu Alexandra Scacco Department of Political Science Columbia University 420 West 118th Street New York, NY 10027 E-mail: als2110@columbia.edu Best Paper Award: Given to the best paper presented on a panel organized or co-organized by the Comparative Democratization Section at the previous year’s APSA Convention. Papers must be nominated by panel chairs or discussants. No self nominations are permitted. Nominated papers must be sent by e-mail to each committee member listed below. Deadline: February 12, 2010 Committee Chair: Scott Mainwaring Department of Political Science University of Notre Dame 217 O'Shaughnessy Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 Telephone: 574-631-8530 E-mail: Scott.P.Mainwaring.1@nd.edu Committee members: Henry Hale The Elliot School of International Affairs The George Washington University 1957 E Street, NW Suite 412 Washington, D.C. 20052 Phone: (202) 994-4810 E-mail: hhale@gwu.edu Dan Slater Department of Political Science University of Chicago 5828 S. University Ave., Pick 401 Chicago, IL 60637 Telephone: 773-702-2941 E-mail: slater@uchicago.edu |
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