Organized Section 13: Best Dissertation Award

Urban Politics Section Award Recipients

Best Dissertation Award
The Best Dissertation Award is given annually for the best dissertation on urban politics accepted in the previous year.

2016	Zachary Todd Taylor, Western University “The Politics of Metropolitan Development: Institutions, Interests, and Ideas in the Making of Urban Governance in the United States and Canada, 1800-2000.” University of Toronto
2015	Alisha Holland, Harvard University “Forbearance as Redistribution: Enforcement Politics in Urban Latin America.” Harvard University, 2014
2014	Adam Auerbach, University of Wisconsin – Madison “Demanding Development: Democracy, Community Governance, and Public Goods Provision in India's Urban Slums.”
2013	Eleanor Gao, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor “Diverse but Not Divisive: Tribal Diversity and Public Goods Provision in Jordan”
2012	Daniel Bliss, Illinois Institute of Technology “Defining the Path to Growth: Small Town Governance and Economic Development in an Age of Globalization”
2011	Quinton Mayne, Harvard University The Satisfied Citzen: Participation, Influence, and Public Perceptions of Democratic Performance
2010	Joshua Sapotichne, Michigan State University Reconstructing National Urban Policy: Agenda Setting in Complex Policy Areas
2009	James Ingram III, University of California, San Diego “The Rules of the Ruling: Charter Reforn in Los Angeles, 1850-2008”
2007	Paru Shah, Macalester College The Politics and Policy Implications of Latino Representation in Education
2005	Christine Palus, University of Michigan-Dearborn
2004	Lynette Rawlings, George Washington University “The Determinants of Cooperation among Local Governments in Metropolitan Areas” (Supervisor: Hal Wolman)
2003	Steven Johnson, Portland State University “The Transformation of Civic Institutions and Practices in Portland, Oregon, 1960-1999
2001	Mara Sidney, Rutgers University “Linking National Policy Designs and Local Action: A Comparison of Fair Housing and Community Reinvestment Policies”
2000	Patrick Joyce, Harvard University
1998	Timothy Krebs, University Of Chicago “The Politics of Chicago City Council Elections, 1979-1995”
1995	Gerald Gamm, Howard University “Neighborhood Roots: Exodus and Stability in Boston, 1870-1990”
1995	Guy Stuart, University of Chicago “Neighborhood Roots: Exodus and Stability in Boston, 1870-1990”
1991	Nancy Burns, Harvard University “Making Politics Permanent: The Formation of American Local Governments”
1990	Carol Pierannunzi, University of Georgia “The Role of Local Government in Land-Use Politics: Testing and Developing Models of Local Decision Making On Zoning Issues”