Organized Section 25: William H. Riker Book Award
Political Economy Section Award Recipients
William H. Riker Book Award
The Best Book Award, named for William H. Riker, is given for the best book on political economy published during the past three calendar years.
| 2018 | Mark Dincecco, University of Michigan From Warfare to Wealth: The Military Origins of Urban Prosperity in Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2017. |
| 2018 | Massimiliano Onorato, Catholic University, Milan From Warfare to Wealth: The Military Origins of Urban Prosperity in Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2017. |
| 2017 | Gary W. Cox, Stanford University Marketing Sovereign Promosies: Monopoly Brokerage and the Growth of the English State. Cambridge University Press, 2016. |
| 2017 | Honorable Mention Kate Baldwin, Yale University The Paradox of traditional Chiefs in Democratic Africa. Cambridge University Press, 2015. |
| 2016 | David Skarbek, King’s College London The Social Order of the Underworld: How Prison Gangs Govern the American Penal System. Oxford University Press, 2014 |
| 2016 | Honorable Mention Megumi Naoi, University of California, San Diego Building Legislative Coalitions for Free Trade in Asia: Globalization as Legislation, Cambridge University Press 2015 |
| 2016 | Honorable Mention David A. Steinberg, Johns Hopkins University Demanding Devaluation: Exchange Rate Politics in the Developing World, Cornell University Press, 2015. |
| 2015 | Ben Ansell, University of Oxford Inequality and Democratization: An Elite-Competition Approach. Cambridge 2014 |
| 2015 | David Samuels, University of Minnesota Inequality and Democratization: An Elite-Competition Approach. Cambridge 2014 |
| 2015 | Honorable Mention Jonathan Caverley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Democratic Militarism: Voting, Wealth, and War. Cambridge 2014 |
| 2015 | Honorable Mention James Vreeland, Georgetown University The Political Economy of the United Nations Security Council: Money and Influence. Cambridge, 2014 |
| 2015 | Honorable Mention Axel Dreher, Heidelberg University The Political Economy of the United Nations Security Council: Money and Influence. Cambridge, 2014 |
| 2014 | William Howell, University of Chicago The Wartime President: Executive Influence and the Nationalizing Politics of Threat (University of Chicago Press, 2013) |
| 2014 | Saul Jackman, Stanford University The Wartime President: Executive Influence and the Nationalizing Politics of Threat (University of Chicago Press, 2013) |
| 2014 | Jon Rogowski, Washington University in St. Louis The Wartime President: Executive Influence and the Nationalizing Politics of Threat (University of Chicago Press, 2013) |
| 2014 | Honorable Mention Daniel Gingerich, University of Virginia “Political Institutions and Party-Directed Corruption in South America: Stealing for the Team.” |
| 2013 | Sean Gailmard, University of California, Berkeley Learning While Governing: Expertise and Accountability in the Executive Branch (University of Chicago Press, 2012) |
| 2013 | John Patty, Washington University Learning While Governing: Expertise and Accountability in the Executive Branch (University of Chicago Press, 2012) |
| 2012 | Tom Clark, Emory University The Limits of Judicial Independence (Cambridge University Press, 2011) |
| 2012 | Honorable Mention Jonathan Bendor, Stanford University A Behavioral Theory of Elections (Princeton University Press) |
| 2012 | Honorable Mention Daniel Diermeier, Northwestern University A Behavioral Theory of Elections (Princeton University Press) |
| 2012 | Honorable Mention David Siegel, Florida State University A Behavioral Theory of Elections (Princeton University Press) |
| 2012 | Honorable Mention Michael Ting, Columbia University A Behavioral Theory of Elections (Princeton University Press) |
| 2012 | Honorable Mention David Stasavage, New York University States of Credit: Size, Power, and the Development of European Polities (Princeton University Press, 2011) |
| 2011 | Ben Ansell, University of Minnesota Twin Cities “From The Ballot to the Blackboard: The Redistributive Political Economy of Education” |
| 2010 | Orit Kedar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Voting for Policy, Not Parties: How Voters Compensate for Power Sharing |
| 2009 | Bonnie Meguid, University of Rochester Party Competition Between Unequals (Cambridge University Press) |
| 2007 | James Robinson, Harvard University Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy |
| 2007 | Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy |
| 2006 | Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University, Bloomington Understanding Institutional Diversity (Princeton University Press, 2005) |
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