Organized Section 22: Virginia Gray Best Book Award
State Politics and Policy Section Award Recipients
Virginia Gray Best Book Award
To be awarded annually to the best political science book published on the subject of U.S. state politics or policy in the preceding three calendar years. Thus, books would be eligible to be considered for the award for three years. E.g., for the 2017 award, books published in 2014-16 would be eligible for nomination.
| 2017 | Jeffrey J. Harden, University of Notre Dame Multidimensional Democracy: A Supply and Demand Theory of Representation in American Legislatures. Cambridge University Press, 2016. |
| 2016 | Christopher W. Bonneau, University of Pittsburgh Voters' Verdicts: Citizens, Campaigns, and Institutions in State Supreme Court Elections. University of Virginia Press |
| 2016 | Damon M. Cann, Utah State University Voters' Verdicts: Citizens, Campaigns, and Institutions in State Supreme Court Elections. University of Virginia Press |
| 2016 | Ray La Raja, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Campaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail. University of Michigan Press |
| 2016 | Brian Schaffner, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Campaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail. University of Michigan Press |
| 2015 | Sarah F. Anzia, University of California, Berkeley Timing and Turnout: How Off-Cycle Elections Favor Organized Interests. The University of Chicago Press, 2014 |
| 2014 | Thad Kousser, University of California, San Diego The Power of American Governors: Winning on Budget and Losing on Policy (University of Cambridge Press, 2012) |
| 2014 | Justin Phillips, Columbia University The Power of American Governors: Winning on Budget and Losing on Policy (University of Cambridge Press, 2012) |
| 2014 | Lynda Powell, University of Rochester The Influence of Campaign Contributions in State Legislators: The Effects of Institutions and Politics (University of Michigan Press, 2012) |