Comparative Politics Section Award Recipients
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Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Dataset Award
Luebbert Article Prize
Luebbert Book Prize
Powell Graduate Mentoring Award
Sage Paper Prize
Theda Skocpol Prize for Emerging Scholars
Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Data Set Award
The Data Set Award recognizes a publicly available data set that has made an important contribution to the field of comparative politics.
| 2023 | Francesca R. Jensenius, Univesrity of Oslo |
| 2023 | Gilles Verniers, Ashoka University Lok Dhaba Database on Indian Elections |
| 2023 | Michael Denly, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse Global Resources Dataset |
| 2023 | Michael Findley, University of Texas at Austin Global Resources Dataset |
| 2023 | Joelean Hall Global Resources Dataset |
| 2023 | Andrew Stravers, University of Texas at Austin Global Resources Dataset |
| 2023 | James Walsh, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Global Resources Dataset |
| 2022 | Amanda Clayton, Vanderbilt University “Quota Adoption and Reform Over Time (QAROT)” |
| 2022 | Melanie M. Hughes, University of Pittsburgh “Quota Adoption and Reform Over Time (QAROT)” |
| 2022 | Pamela Paxton, University of Texas, Austin “Quota Adoption and Reform Over Time (QAROT)” |
| 2022 | Par Zetterberg, Uppsala University “Quota Adoption and Reform Over Time (QAROT)” |
| 2022 | Richard Gunther, Ohio State University “Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP)” |
| 2022 | Paul A. Beck, Ohio State University “Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP)” |
| 2021 | Jacob Nyrup, Aarhus University and University of Oxford Stuart Bramwell, University of Oxford “Who governs?” |
| 2021 | Honorable Mention “Measuring Immigration Policies: The IMPIC Database” |
| 2021 | Stuart Bramwell, University of Oxford “Who governs?” |
| 2020 | European Social Survey Rory Fitzgerald, University of London |
| 2020 | Honorable Mention |
| 2019 | The Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) Bryan D. Jones, The University of Texas at Austin |
| 2019 | The Mass Mobilization in Autocracies Database (MMAD) Nils B. Weidmann, Universität Konstanz Espen Geelmuyden Rød, Uppsala Universitet |
| 2018 | AmericasBarometer Mitchell Seligson, Vanderbilt University Elizabeth Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University Noam Lupu, Vanderbilt University |
| 2018 | Honorable Mention DIGIWHIST Mihaly Fazekas, University of Cambridge |
| 2017 | “Global State Revenue and Expenditures” Data Set, http://dx.dol.org//10.7802/1290 Thomas Richter, German Institute of Global and Area Studies Viola Lucas, Universitat Konstanz |
| 2016 | Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Data Set, https//v-dem.net/en/data |
| 2015 | The Autocratic Regimes Data Set |
| 2014 | Archigos: A Data Set on Leaders 1875-2004 Hein Goemans, University of Rochester Giacomo Chiozza, Vanderbilt University Kristian Gleditsch, University of Essex |
| 2013 | Comparative Constitutions Project Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago Zachary Elkins, University of Texas, Austin James Melton, IMT Institute for Advanced Study |
| 2012 | Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA) Kenneth Kollman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Allen Hicken, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Daniele Caramani, University of St Gallen David Backer, University of Maryland |
| 2011 | Uppsala Conflict Data Program Peter Wallensteen, Uppsala University |
| 2010 | Arab Barometer Mark Tessler, University of Michigan Amaney Jamal, Princeton University |
| 2009 | The Quality of Government Dataset Jan Teorell, Lunds Universitet Soren Holmberg, University of Gothenburg Bo Rothstein, University of Gothenburg |
| 2008 | Comparative Welfare Entitlements Dataset Lyle Scruggs, University of Connecticut |
| 2007 | Data set on European Protest and Coercion Ronald Francisco, University of Kansas |
| 2006 | CIRI Human Rights data set David Cingranelli, SUNY, Binghamton David Richards, University of Memphis |
| 2005 | Luxembourg Income Study Timothy Smeeding, Syracuse University |
| 2004 | Compiled with E. Gyimah-Boadi of The Center for Democratic Development, Ghana, and Robert Mattes of The Institute for Democracy in South Africa, “The Afro-barometer” Michael Bratton, Michigan State University E. Gyimah-Boadi, Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-GHANA) Robert Mattes, The Institute for Democracy in South Africa |
| 2003 | Manifesto Project Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fuer Sozialforschung (WZB) Ian Budge Andrea Volkens D.J. Hearl D.R. Robertson |
| 2002 | “ACLP Political and Economic Database.” Michael Alvarez, DePaul University Jose Cheibub, Yale University Fernando Limongi, CEBRAR (Brazil) Adam Przeworski, New York University |
| 2001 | World Values Survey/Eurobarometers Data Set Ronald Inglehart, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 2000 | Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) |
| 1999 | “Data Sets on Polyarchy and Latin American Political Parties” Michael Coppedge, University of Notre Dame |
| 1999 | “Civic Culture Data Set” Gabriel Almond, Stanford University Sidney Verba, Harvard University |
The Luebbert Article Award is given for the best article in the field of comparative politics published in the previous two years.
| 2023 | Daniel Mattingly, Yale University “How the Party Commands the Gun: The Foreign-Domestic Threat Dilemma in China” (2022) American Journal of Political Science. |
| 2023 | Honorable Mention Pavithra Suryanarayan, London School of Economics “Slavery, Reconstruction, and Bureaucratic Capacity in the American South.” (2021) American Political Science Review 115(2), 568-584. |
| 2023 | Honorable Mention Steven White, Syracuse University “Slavery, Reconstruction, and Bureaucratic Capacity in the American South.” (2021) American Political Science Review 115(2), 568-584. |
| 2023 | Honorable Mention Graeme Blair, University of California, Los Angeles; Jeremy Weinstein, Stanford Unviersity; Fontini Christia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Eric Arias; Emile Badran, Igarapé Institute; Robert Blair, Brown University; Ali Cheema, Lahore University of Management Sciences; Ahsan Farooqui, Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives; Thiemo Fetzer, Queen Mary University of London; Guy Grossman, University of Pennsylvania; Dotan Haim, Florida State University; Zulfiqar Hameed; Rebecca Hanson, University of Florida; Ali Hasanain, Lahore University of Management Science; Dorothy Kronick, University of Pennsylvania; Benjamin Morse; Robert Muggah, Igarapé Institute; Fatiq Nadeem, University of California, Santa Barbara; Lily Tsai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Matthew Nanes, Saint Louis University; Tara Slough, New York Universit; Nico Ravanilla, University of California, San Diego; Jacob Shapiro, Princeton University; Barbara Silva, Igarapé Institute; Pedro Souza, Queen Mary University of London; Anna Wilke, Columbia University “Community policing does not build citizen trust in police or reduce crime in the Global South” (2021) Science 374 (6571). |
| 2022 | Donghyun Danny Choi, Brown University “The Hijab Penalty: Feminist Backlash to Muslim Immigrants.” American Journal of Political Science, 2021. |
| 2022 | Mathias Poertner, London School of Economics “The Hijab Penalty: Feminist Backlash to Muslim Immigrants.” American Journal of Political Science, 2021. |
| 2022 | Nicholas Sambanis, University of Pennsylvania “The Hijab Penalty: Feminist Backlash to Muslim Immigrants.” American Journal of Political Science, 2021. |
| 2021 | Daniel Gingerich, University of Virginia “Ballot Reform as Suffrage Restriction: Evidence from Brazil’s Second Republic.” American Journal of Political Science, (2019) 63(4), 920-935. |
| 2020 | Junyan Jiang, Chinese University of Hong Kong “Making Bureaucracy Work: Patronage Networks, Performance Incentives, and Economic Development in China.” American Journal of Political Science, October 2018. |
| 2020 | Honorable Mention David Rueda, University of Oxford “Food Comes First, Then Morals: Redistribution Preferences, Parochial Altruism, and Immigration in Western Europe.” Journal of Politics, January 2018 |
| 2020 | Honorable Mention Marcus Kreuzer, Villanova University “The Structure of Description: Evaluating Descriptive Inferences and Conceptualizations.” Perspectives on Politics, March 2019. |
| 2019 | Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, University of Virginia “The pursuit of social welfare: Citizen claim-making in rural India.” World Politics 70(1): 122-163. |
| 2018 | Noam Lupu, Vanderbilt University “The Legacy of Political Violence across Generations.” American Journal of Political Science. 2017. , Uppsala Universitet |
| 2018 | Leonid Peisakhin, New York University Abu DhabiAmericasBarometer “The Legacy of Political Violence across Generations.” American Journal of Political Science. 2017., Uppsala Universitet |
| 2018 | Honorable Mention Volha Charnysh, Princeton University “The Death Camp Eldorado: Political and Economic Effects of Mass Violence.” American Political Science Review. 2017. , University of Cambridge |
| 2018 | Honorable Mention Evgeny Finker, George Washington University “The Death Camp Eldorado: Political and Economic Effects of Mass Violence.” American Political Science Review 2017 |
| 2017 | Robert Braun, Northwestern University “Religious Minorities and Resistance to Genocide: The Collective Rescue of Jews in the Netherlands During the Holocaust.” American Political Science Review, February 2016. |
| 2016 | Perna Singh, Brown University “Subnationalism and Social Development in India: A Comparative Analysis of Indian States.” World Politics, June 2015. |
| 2015 | Dominika Koter , Colgate University “King Makers: Local Leaders and Ethnic Politics in West Africa,” World Politics Vol. 65 No. 2 2013. |
| 2014 | Stanislav Markus, University of Chicago “Secure Property as a Bottom-Up Process: Firms, Stakeholders, and Predators in Weak States.” (World Politics 64 (2) April 2012, 242-77) . |
| 2013 | Robert Woodberry, National University of Singapore The Missionary Roots of Liberal Democracy (American Political Science Review 106(2): 244-74 ). |
| 2012 | Philip Roessler, Duke University The Enemy Within. Personal Rule, Coups, and Civil War in Africa. World Politics 63(2). |
| 2011 | Stathis Kalyvas, Yale University International System and Technologies of Rebellion: How the End of the Cold War Shaped Internal Conflict . |
| 2011 | Laia Balcells, Institute for Economic Analysis, CSIC International System and Technologies of Rebellion: How the End of the Cold War Shaped Internal Conflict . |
| 2010 | Shawn Treier, University of Minnesota “Democracy as a Latent Variable”. |
| 2010 | Simon Jackman, Stanford University “Democracy as a Latent Variable”, University of Kansas |
| 2009 | Stathis Kalyvas, Yale University “How Free is Free Riding in Civil Wars?” World Politics 59(2). |
| 2009 | Matthew Kocher, Yale University “How Free is Free Riding in Civil Wars?” World Politics 59(2). |
| 2009 | Daniel Ziblatt, Harvard University “Does Landholding Inequality Block Democratization?” World Politics 60(4). |
| 2008 | Anna Grzymala-Busse, University of Michigan “The Great Divide.” World Politics (October 2006) |
| 2008 | Keith Darden , Yale University “The Great Divide.” World Politics (October 2006) |
| 2007 | Macartan Humphreys, Columbia University “Handling and Manhandling Civilians in Civil War.” American Political Science Review , Vol. 100, (August 2006). |
| 2007 | Torben Iversen, Harvard University “Electoral Institutions and the Policies of Coalitions: Why Some Democracies Distribute More than Others.” American Political Science Review, Vol. 100 (May 2006). |
| 2007 | David Soskice, Duke University “Electoral Institutions and the Policies of Coalitions: Why Some Democracies Distribute More than Others.” American Political Science Review, Vol. 100 (May 2006). |
| 2006 | Tulia Falleti, University of Pennsylvania “A Sequential Theory of Decentralization: Latin American Cases in Comparative Perspective.” American Political Science Review 99:3 (August 2005). |
| 2005 | Ernesto Calvo, University of Houston “Who Delivers? Partisan Clients in the Argentine Electoral Market.” American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 48, No. 4, October 2004. pp. 742-757. |
| 2005 | Maria Murillo, Columbia University “Who Delivers? Partisan Clients in the Argentine Electoral Market.” American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 48, No. 4, October 2004. pp. 742-757. |
| 2005 | Scott Basinger, Stony Brook University, SUNY “Remodeling the Competition for Capital: How Domestic Politics Erases the Race to the Bottom.” American Political Science Review, Vol. 98, No. 2, May 2004. |
| 2005 | Mark Hallerberg, Emory University “Remodeling the Competition for Capital: How Domestic Politics Erases the Race to the Bottom.” American Political Science Review, Vol. 98, No. 2, May 2004. |
| 2004 | Isabela Mares, Stanford University “The Sources of Business Interest in Social Insurance: Sectoral versus National Differences,” World Politics, 55: 2 (2003), 229- 258. |
| 2003 | Pamela Conover, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill “The Deliberative Potential of Political Discussion” (British Journal of Political Science January 2001). |
| 2003 | Donald Searing, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill “The Deliberative Potential of Political Discussion” (British Journal of Political Science January 2001). |
| 2003 | Ivor Crewe, University of Essex “The Deliberative Potential of Political Discussion” (British Journal of Political Science January 2001). |
| 2002 | Guillermo O'Donnell, University of Notre Dame “Democracy, Law, and Comparative Politics” Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 36 (Spring 2001. |
| 2001 | David Rueda, State University of New York “Wage Inequalities and the Varieties of Capitalism,” World Politics, 52:3 (April 2000). |
| 2001 | Nicholas Sambanis, Yale University “Partition as a Solution to Ethnic War: An Empirical Critique of the Theoretical Literature,” World Politics 52 (4). |
| 2001 | Honorable Mention Torsten Persson, Institute for International Economic Studies The Size and Scope of Government: Comparative Politics with Rational Politicians,” European Economic Review, 43: 4-6 (April 1999). |
| 2001 | Honorable Mention Jonas Pontusson, Princeton University “Wage Inequalities and the Varieties of Capitalism,” World Politics, 52:3 (April 2000). |
| 2001 | Honorable Mention Michael Wallerstein, Harvard University Wage-Setting Institutions and Pay Inequality in Advanced Industrial Societies. American Journal of Political Science, 43:3 (2000). |
| 2000 | Stathis Kalyvas, Yale University “Wanton and Senseless? The Logic of Massacres in Algeria” (Rationality and Society 11(3): 243-285). |
| 2000 | Douglas Dion, University of Iowa “Evidence and Inference in the Comparative Case Study,” Comparative Politics 30:2 (January 1998). |
| 2000 | George Tsebelis, University of Michigan “Veto Players and Law Production in Parliamentary Democracies: An Empirical Analysis.” American Political Science Review, 93:3 (September 1999): 591-608. |
| 1999 | Peter Hall, Harvard University “Mixed Signals: Central Bank Independence, Coordinated Wage-Bargaining, and European Monetary Union” (International Organization 52, No. 3, Summer 1998, 505-535 |
| 1999 | Robert Franzese Jr., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor “Mixed Signals: Central Bank Independence, Coordinated Wage-Bargaining, and European Monetary Union” (International Organization 52, No. 3, Summer 1998, 505-535) |
| 1998 | Adam Przeworski, New York University “Modernization: Theories and Facts” (World Politics 49, No. 2, January 1997, 155-183). |
| 1998 | Fernando Limongi, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil “Modernization: Theories and Facts” (World Politics 49, No. 2, January 1997, 155-183). |
| 1998 | Thomas Cook, Wissenschaftzentrum Berlin “The Causes of Welfare State Expansion: Deindustrialization or Globalization?” |
| 1997 | James Fearon, Stanford University “Explaining Interethnic Cooperation” (]ournal of Political Science, 25, No. 3, July 1995, 289-325). |
| 1997 | David Laitin, Stanford University “Explaining Interethnic Cooperation” (]ournal of Political Science, 25, No. 3, July 1995, 289-325). |
| 1996 | George Tsebelis, University of Michigan “DecisionMaking in Political Systems: Veto Players in Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, Multicameralism, and Multipartism,” British Journal of Political Science 25, 3 (July 1995): 289-325. |
| 1996 | Sylvia Maxfie |