Political Organizations and Parties Section Award Recipients

 

Jack Walker Award
The Jack Walker Award recognizes an article published in the last two calendar years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties.

 

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2018	Jonathan Polk, University of Gothenburg “Electoral Infidelity: Why party members cast defecting votes.”
2018	Ann-Kristin Kölln, Aarhus University “Electoral Infidelity: Why party members cast defecting votes.”
2017	Mike Franz, Bowdoin College “Loose Cannons or Loyal Foot Soldiers? Toward a More Complex Theory of Interest Group Advertising Strategies.” American Journal of Political Science
2017	Erika Franklin Fowler, Wesleyan University “Loose Cannons or Loyal Foot Soldiers? Toward a More Complex Theory of Interest Group Advertising Strategies.” American Journal of Political Science
2017	Travis Ridout, Washington State University “Loose Cannons or Loyal Foot Soldiers? Toward a More Complex Theory of Interest Group Advertising Strategies.” American Journal of Political Science
2017	Honorable Mention George Kernell, University of California, Los Angeles “Party Nomination Rules and Campaign Participation.” Comparative Political Science
2016	Noam Lupu, Vanderbilt University “Brand Dilution and the Breakdown of Political Parties in Latin America”, World Politics 66, no. 4 (October 2014), 561–602
2015	Michael Kowal, University of Massachusetts-Amherst “The Fates of Challengers in US House Elections: The Role of Extended Party Networks in Supporting Candidates and Shaping Electoral Outcomes.” American Journal of Political Science 59(1): 194-211 (2015)
2015	Raymond La Raja, University of Massachusetts-Amherst “The Fates of Challengers in US House Elections: The Role of Extended Party Networks in Supporting Candidates and Shaping Electoral Outcomes.” American Journal of Political Science 59(1): 194-211 (2015)
2015	Bruce Desmarais, University of Massachusetts-Amherst “The Fates of Challengers in US House Elections: The Role of Extended Party Networks in Supporting Candidates and Shaping Electoral Outcomes.” American Journal of Political Science 59(1): 194-211 (2015)
2014	Kathleen Bawn, University of California, Los Angeles “A Theory of Political Parties: Groups, Policy Demands and Nominations in American Politics.” Perspectives on Politics 10 (03): 571-597
2014	Martin Cohen, James Madison University “A Theory of Political Parties: Groups, Policy Demands and Nominations in American Politics.” Perspectives on Politics 10 (03): 571-597
2014	David Karol, University of Maryland “A Theory of Political Parties: Groups, Policy Demands and Nominations in American Politics.” Perspectives on Politics 10 (03): 571-597
2014	Seth Masket, University of Denver “A Theory of Political Parties: Groups, Policy Demands and Nominations in American Politics.” Perspectives on Politics 10 (03): 571-597
2014	Hans Noel, Georgetown University “A Theory of Political Parties: Groups, Policy Demands and Nominations in American Politics.” Perspectives on Politics 10 (03): 571-597
2014	John Zaller, University of California, Los Angeles “A Theory of Political Parties: Groups, Policy Demands and Nominations in American Politics.””Perspectives on Politics 10 (03): 571-597
2013	Kathleen Bawn, University of California, Los Angeles “Government versus Opposition at the Polls: How Governing Status Changes the Impact of Policy Positions.” American Journal of Political Science 56(2):433-446
2013	Zeynep Somer-Topcu, Vanderbilt University “Government versus Opposition at the Polls: How Governing Status Changes the Impact of Policy Positions.” American Journal of Political Science 56(2):433-446
2012	Geoffrey Layman, University of Notre Dame Activists and Conflict Extension in American Party Politics (American Political Science Review 104 (2))
2012	Thomas Carsey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Activists and Conflict Extension in American Party Politics (American Political Science Review 104 (2))
2012	John Green, University of Akron Activists and Conflict Extension in American Party Politics (American Political Science Review 104 (2))
2012	Richard Herrera, Arizona State University Activists and Conflict Extension in American Party Politics (American Political Science Review 104 (2))
2012	Rosalyn Cooperman, University of Mary Washington Activists and Conflict Extension in American Party Politics (American Political Science Review 104 (2))
2011	Guillermo Trejo, Duke University “Religious Competition and Ethnic Mobilization in Latin America: Why the Catholic Church Promotes Indigenous Movements in Mexico”
2010	Cathie Martin, Boston University “The Political Origins of Coordinated Capitalism: Business Organizations, Party Systems, and State Structure in the Age of Innocence,”