2006 Award Recipients
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Jennifer Bussell, University of California, Berkeley | |
| Marc Howard, Georgetown University “Liberalizing Electoral Outcomes in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes” | |
| Matthew Hindman, Arizona State University “The Real Lessons of Howard Dean: Reflections on the First Digital Campaign,” Prespectives on Political Science, 3:1 (March 2005) |
Federalism & Intergovernmental Relations
Martha Derthick Book Award
The Martha Derthick Book Award conferred for the best book on federalism and intergovernmental relations published at least 10 years ago that has made a lasting contribution to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations.
Martha Derthick, University of Virginia |
Deil S. Wright Best Paper Award
The Deil S. Wright Best Paper Award conferred for the best paper in the field of federalism and intergovernmental relations presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.
| Pietro Nivola, The Brookings Institution “Making Sense of Subsidiarity: Why Federalism Matters” |
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.
| Peter Koehn, University of Colorado, Boulder | |
| William Livingston, University of Texas, Austin |
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.
Kevin McGuire, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | |
| Georg Vanberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill “Mapping the Policies of the U.S. Supreme Court: Data, Opinions, and Constitutional Law” |
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.
| Honorable Mention Matthew Ingram, University of New Mexico “Judicial Efficiency in 17 Mexico States, 1993-2000” |
Law and Courts Best Journal Article Award
This award recognizes the best journal article in the field of law and courts written by a political scientist and published during the previous calendar year (for this award cycle, this means articles published during the 2013 calendar year). Articles published in all refereed journals and in law reviews are eligible, but book reviews, review essays, and chapters published in edited volumes are not eligible. Journal editors and members of the section may nominate articles. (This award was previously known as McGraw Hill Award and as the Houghton-Mifflin Award for the Best Journal Article in the Field of Law and Courts).
| Lee Epstein, Northwestern University School of Law “The Supreme Court During Crisis” | |
| Daniel Ho, Harvard University “The Supreme Court During Crisis” | |
| Jeffrey Segal, Stony Brook University “The Supreme Court During Crisis” |
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.
| Peter Russell, University of Toronto Recognizing Aboriginal Title: The Mabo Case and Indigenous Resistance to English-Settler Colonies (University of Toronto Press, 2005) |
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.
| Sheldon Goldman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
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