2013 Award Recipients
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.
| Suzanne Mettler, Cornell University Dividing Citizens: Gender and Federalism in New Deal Public Policy (Cornell University Press, 1998) |
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.
| Timothy Conlan, George Mason University “Implementation Networks and Shared Governance in the U.S. Intergovernmental System” | |
| Priscilla Regan, George Mason University “Implementation Networks and Shared Governance in the U.S. Intergovernmental System” | |
| Paul Posner, George Mason University “Implementation Networks and Shared Governance in the U.S. Intergovernmental System” |
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.
| Wallace Oates, University of Maryland |
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.
| Deborah Beim, Princeton University “Whistleblowing and Compliance in the Federal Judiciary” paper presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association | |
| Alexander Hirsch, Princeton University “Whistleblowing and Compliance in the Federal Judiciary” paper presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association | |
| Jonathan Kastellec, Princeton University “Whistleblowing and Compliance in the Federal Judiciary” paper presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association |
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.
| Doug Rice, Pennsylvania State University “Measuring the Issue Content of Supreme Court Opinions through Probabilistic Topic Models” | |
| Honorable Mention Deborah Beim, Princeton University “Learning in the Judicial Hierarchy” | |
| Honorable Mention Blake Emerson, Yale University “The Empowerment of CriticismThe Freedmen’s Bureau, Howard University, and the Origins and Demise of Segregated Schooling in the South” | |
| Honorable Mention Patrick Luff, University of Oxford “Captured Legislators and Public-Interested Courts” |
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).
| Benjamin Lauderdale, London School of Economics The Supreme Court’s Many Median Justices (American Political Science Review, volume 106, number 4 November 2012) | |
| Tom Clark, Emory University The Supreme Court’s Many Median Justices (American Political Science Review, volume 106, number 4 November 2012) |
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.
| Diana Kapiszewski, University of California, Irvine High Courts and Economic Governance in Argentina and Brazil (Cambridge, 2012) |
Law and Courts Lasting Contribution Award
The Last Contribution Award is given annually for work that stands the test of time, work that inspires long after the issue that gave rise to that work is a true mark of distinction. Each year a book or journal article, 10 years old or older, that has made a lasting impression on the field of law and courts. (From 2001 to 2007 this was titled the Wadsworth Publishing Award).
| Gregory Caldeira</ |