Comparative Politics

The purpose of this section is to promote the comparative, especially cross-national, study of politics and to integrate work of comparativists, area studies specialists, and those interested in American politics.

2007 - 2008 Officers

Chair/President:
Peter A. Gourevitch
University of California, San Diego
International Relations & Pacific Studies 0519
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla CA 92093-0519
pgourevitch@ucsd.edu

Vice Chair/Vice President:
Susan C. Stokes
Yale University
Department of Political Science
P.O. Box 208301
New Haven CT 06520
susan.stokes@yale.edu

Chair-Elect/President Elect:
Susan C. Stokes
Yale University
Department of Political Science
P.O. Box 208301
New Haven CT 06520
susan.stokes@yale.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
Ian S. Lustick
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Political Science
217 Stiteler Hall
208 S 37th Street
Philadelphia PA 19104-6215
ilustick@sas.upenn.edu

2008 Program Chairs:
Steven I. Wilkinson
University of Chicago
Department of Political Science
Pick Hall, 406
5828 S. University Avenue
Chicago IL 60637
swilkinson@uchicago.edu

Ben Ross Schneider
Northwestern University
Department of Political Science
601 University Place
Scott Hall
Evanston IL 60208-1006
brs@northwestern.edu

Executive Committee:
Anna Grzymala-Busse, University of Michigan
Elizabeth Perry, Harvard University
Elisabeth Wood, Yale University
Isabela Mares, Columbia University
Catherine Boone, University of Texas, Austin

Nominating Committee:
Jennifer Widner, Chair, Princeton University
John Huber, Columbia University
Stathis Kalyvas, Yale University
Lisa Wedeen, University of Chicago
Kurt Weyland, University of Texas

Awards

• Previous Award Recipients

The Gregory Luebbert Best Book Award is given for the best book in the field of comparative politics published in 2006 or 2007. ONLY nominations made by the Press will be considered for this Award.  One copy of the nominated book should be submitted to each committee member by February 15, 2008. 

Sage Paper Award to the best paper in the field of comparative politics presented at the 2007 APSA Annual Meeting. Nominations should be sent by March 1, 2008

Award Committee Chair:
Maria Victoria Murillo
Columbia University
Department of Political Science
832 International Affairs Building
Mail Code 3339
New York NY 10027
mm2140@columbia.edu

Committee Members:
Allen Hicken, University of Michigan
Yves Tiberghien, University of British Columbia

Gregory Luebbert Article Award for the best article in the field of comparative politics published in 2006 or 2007. Nominations should be sent by March 1, 2008.

Award Committee Chair:
Torben  Iversen
Harvard University
Department of Government
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
iversen@fas.harvard.edu

Committee Members:
Tulia Falleti, University of Pennsylvania
Michael Ross, University of California, Los Angeles

Data Set Award for a publicly available data set that has made an important contribution to the field of comparative politics.

Award Committee Chair:
James A. Robinson
Harvard University
Government
1033 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02138
jrobinson@gov.harvard.edu

Committee Members:
Brian Burgoon, University of Amsterdam
Sebastian Saeigh, University of California, San Diego