1993 Award Recipients
Federalism & Intergovernmental Relations
Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award
The Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award recognizes distinguished scholarly contributions to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations.
| Martha Derthick, University of Virginia-Charlottesville |
Law and Courts
Law and Courts Best Conference Paper Award
The Law and Courts Best Conference Paper Award (formerly the American Judicature Society Award) is given annually for the best paper on law and courts presented at the previous year’s annual meetings of the American, International, or regional political science associations. Single- and co-authored papers, written by political scientists, are eligible. Papers may be nominated by any member of the Section.
| Mark Graber, University of Maryland “The Non-Majoritarian Difficulty: Legislative Deference to the Judiciary” | |
| Honorable Mention Elliot Slotnick, Ohio State University “Television News and the Supreme Court” | |
| Honorable Mention Jennifer Segal Diascro, Ohio State University “Television News and the Supreme Court” |
Law and Courts Best Graduate Student Paper Award
Formerly the CQ Press Award, the Best Graduate Student Paper Award is given annually for the best paper in the field of law and courts written by a graduate student. To be eligible, the nominated paper must have been written by a full-time graduate student. Both single- and co-authored papers are eligible. In the case of co-authored papers, each author must have been a full-time graduate student at the time the paper was written. Submitted papers may have been written for any purpose (including papers written for seminar, scholarly meetings, and for potential publication in academic journals). This is NOT, however, a dissertation or thesis prize.
| Julie Novkov, University of Michigan “Toward a Racist Theory of the State: Post-Civil War Anti-Mescegination Prosecutions” |
C. Herman Pritchett Award
The C. Herman Pritchett award is given annually for the best book on law and courts written by a political scientist and published the previous year.
| H.W. Perry Jr., Harvard University Deciding to Decide: Agenda Setting in the United States Supreme Court (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991) | |
| Herbert Kritzer, University of Wisconsin Let's Make a Deal: Understanding the Negotiation Process in Ordinary Litigation (Madison University of Wisconsin Press, 1991) |
Law and Courts Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award is an award for a lifetime of significant scholarship, teaching and service to the Law and Courts field.
| Henry Abraham, University of Virginia Lifetime Achievement Award |
Legislative Studies
CQ Press Award
The CQ Press Award for the best paper on legislative studies presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.
| Elisabeth Gerber, California Institute of Technology “Preference Aggregation and the Effects of Institutions: Comparing Legislative and Direct Ballot Outcomes” |
Richard F. Fenno Prize
In the tradition of Professor Fenno's work, this prize is designed to honor work that is both theoretically and empirically strong. Moreover, this prize is dedicated to encouraging scholars to pursue new and different avenues of research in order to find answers to previously unexplored questions about the nature of politics.
| Frank Sorauf, University of Minnesota Inside Campaign Finance (Yale University Press, 1992) |
Public Policy
Award for Distinguished Contribution
The Award for Distinguished Contribution recognizes creative policy analysis that has had a significant influence on the course of American public policy.
| Mollie Orshansky, Social Security Administration |
Political Organizations and Parties
Emerging Scholars Award
The Emerging Scholars Award is given to a scholar who has received his or her Ph.D. within the last five years and whose career to date demonstrates unusual promise.
| Sean Savage, St. Mary's College Emerging Scholars Award |
Jack Walker Award
The Jack Walker Award recognizes an article published in the last two calendar years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties.
| Herbert McClosky “Issue Conflict and Consensus among Party Leaders and Followers” (American Political Science Review, 1964) | |
| Paul Hoffmann “Issue Conflict and Consensus among Party Leaders and Followers” (American Political Science Review, 1964) | |
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