Federalism & Intergovernmental Relations Section Award Recipients
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Martha Derthick Book Award
Deil S. Wright Best Paper Award
Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award
John Kincaid Best Article Award
Robert Agranoff Award for Federalism Public Engagement
Martha Derthick Book Award
The Martha Derthick Book Award is conferred for the best book on federalism and intergovernmental relations published at least 10 years ago that has made a lasting contribution to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations.
| 2025 | Daniel Treisman, University of California, Los Angeles The Architecture of Government: Rethinking Political Decentralization. Cambrige Universty Press, 2007. |
| 2024 | Ken Kollman, University of Michigan The Formation of National Party Systems: Federalism and Party Competition in Canada Great Britain India and the United States. Princeton University Press, 2004. |
| 2024 | Pradeep Chhibber, University of California, Berkeley The Formation of National Party Systems: Federalism and Party Competition in Canada Great Britain India and the United States. Princeton University Press, 2004. |
| 2023 | Liesbet Hooghe, University of North Carolina and European University Institute Multi-level Governance and European Integration. Roman & Littlefield, 2001. |
| 2023 | Gary Marks, University of North Carolina and European University Institute Multi-level Governance and European Integration. Roman & Littlefield, 2001. |
| 2022 | Daniel Ziblatt, Harvard University Structuring the State: The Formation of Italy and Germany and the Puzzle of Federalism, Princeton University Press, 2006. |
| 2021 | Jonathan Rodden, Stanford University Hamilton’s Paradox: The Promise and Peril of Fiscal Federalism. Cambridge University Press, 2005. |
| 2020 | William R. Lowry, Washington University in Saint Louis The Dimensions of Federalism: State Governments and Pollution Control Policies. Duke University Press, 1992 |
| 2019 | Jenna Bednar, University of Michigan The Robust Federation. Cambridge University Press, 2009. |
| 2018 | Wallace Oates, University of Maryland Fiscal Federalism. Harcourt Brace, 1972. |
| 2017 | Barry G. Rabe, University of Michigan Statehouse and Greenhouse: The Emerging Politics of American Climate Change Policy. Brookings Institution Press, 2004. |
| 2016 | Joseph F. Zimmerman, University at Albany, SUNY Interstate Relations: The Neglected Dimension of Federalism. Praeger, 1996. |
| 2015 | Nancy Burns, University of Michigan The Formation of American Local Governments: Private Values in Public Institutions. Oxford University Press, 1994 |
| 2014 | Robert Agranoff, Indiana University, Bloomington Collaborative Public Management: New Strategies for Local Government. Georgetown University Press, 2004 |
| 2014 | Michael McGuire, Indiana University Collaborative Public Management: New Strategies for Local Government. Georgetown University Press, 2004 |
| 2013 | Suzanne Mettler, Cornell University Dividing Citizens: Gender and Federalism in New Deal Public Policy (Cornell University Press, 1998) |
| 2012 | Donald Haider, Northwestern University When Governments Come to Washington: Governors, Mayors, and Intergovernmental Lobbying (Free Press, 1974) |
| 2011 | Alice Rivlin, Brookings Institution Reviving the American Dream: The Economy, the States, and the Federal Government |
| 2010 | Paul Peterson, Harvard University The Price of Federalism |
| 2009 | Ronald Watts, Queen’s University Comparing Federal Systems (McGill-Queen’s University Press 1997) |
| 2006 | Martha Derthick, University of Virginia New Towns, In Town: Why a Federal Program Failed (Urban Institute, 1972) |
| 2005 | Richard Simeon, University of Toronto Federal-Provincial Diplomacy (University of Toronto Press, 1972) |
| 2004 | William Riker, University of Rochester Federalism: Origin, Operation, Significance (Little, Brown & Co., 1964) |
| 2003 | Thomas Anton, Brown University American Federalism and Public Policy: How the System Works (1989) |
| 2002 | Samuel Beer, Harvard University To Make a Nation: The Rediscovery of Federalism (Belnap Press of Harvard University, 1993) |
| 2001 | Ivo Duchacek, City College of New York Comparative Federalism: The Territorial Dimension of Politics (Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1970) |
| 2000 | David Walker, University of Connecticut Toward a Functioning Federalism (Winthrop Publishers, 1981) |
| 1999 | Vincent Ostrom, Indiana University The Political Theory of the Compound Republic (Public Choice, 1971) |
| 1998 | Timothy Conlan, George Mason University New Federalism: Intergovernmental Reform and Political Change from Nixon to Reagan (Brookings Institution, 1988) |
| 1997 | Deil Wright, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Understanding Intergovernmental Relations (Harcourt, 1988) |
| 1996 | Morton Grodzins, University of Chicago The American System |
| 1995 | Daniel Elazar, Temple University and Bar Ilan University American Federalism: A View from the States (Harpercollins, 1984) |
Deil S. Wright Best Paper Award
The Deil S. Wright Best Paper Award conferred for the best paper in the field of federalism and intergovernmental relations presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
| 2025 | Meredith Dost, University of Wisconsin “The Mass Political Implications of Medicaid Administrative Burden.” |
| 2024 | Julian Michel, University of California, Los Angeles “The Subnational Roots of Democratic Stability.” Presented at the annual meeting of the APSA, 2023. |
| 2023 | Juan Pablo González, New York University “Money and Cooperative Federalism: Evidence from EPA Civil Litigation” |
| 2023 | Hye Young You, New York University “Money and Cooperative Federalism: Evidence from EPA Civil Litigation” |
| 2022 | Philip Rocco, Marquette University “Counting Like a State: The Politics of Intergovernmental Partnerships in the 2020 Census” |
| 2021 | Katrina Kosec, International Food Policy Research Institute “Decentralization without Democracy.” World Politics, 2020. |
| 2021 | Tewodaj Mogues, International Monetary Fund “Decentralization without Democracy.” World Politics, 2020. |
| 2020 | Mary A. Kroeger, University of Rochester “Interest Groups, Polarization, and Intergovernmental Tensions in the United States.” Presented at the annual meeting of the APSA, 2019. |
| 2020 | Andrew Karch, University of Minnesota “Interest Groups, Polarization, and Intergovernmental Tensions in the United States.” Presented at the annual meeting of the APSA, 2019. |
| 2020 | Timothy Callaghan, Texas A&M University “Interest Groups, Polarization, and Intergovernmental Tensions in the United States.” Presented at the annual meeting of the APSA, 2019. |
| 2019 | Will Horne, Princeton University “Exploring the Regional Determinants of Redistributive Preferences.” Unpublished manuscript, presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2018 |
| 2019 | Alex Kerchner, Princeton University “Exploring the Regional Determinants of Redistributive Preferences.” Unpublished manuscript, presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2018 |
| 2018 | David Siroky, Arizona State University “The Limits of Indirect Rule: Containing Nationalism in Corsica.” |
| 2018 | Sean Mueller, Unviersity of Bern “The Limits of Indirect Rule: Containing Nationalism in Corsica.” |
| 2018 | MIchael Hechter, Arizona State University “The Limits of Indirect Rule: Containing Nationalism in Corsica.” |
| 2018 | Andre Fazi, University of Corsica “The Limits of Indirect Rule: Containing Nationalism in Corsica.” |
| 2017 | Fabrizio Gilardi, University of Zurich “The Diffusion of Policy Frames: Evidence from a Structural Topics Model.” |
| 2017 | Charles R. Shipan, University of Michigan “The Diffusion of Policy Frames: Evidence from a Structural Topics Model.” |
| 2017 | Bruno Wueest, University of Zurich “The Diffusion of Policy Frames: Evidence from a Structural Topics Model.” |
| 2016 | Hye Young You, Vanderbilt University “Cities as Lobbyists” |
| 2016 | Rebecca Goldstein, Harvard University “Cities as Lobbyists” |
| 2015 | Michael Coates, University of Rhode Island “Guns of Fortune: State Gun Control Policies and the Laws of Supply and Demand” |
| 2015 | Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, University of Rhode Island “Guns of Fortune: State Gun Control Policies and the Laws of Supply and Demand” |
| 2014 | George Tsebelis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor “Suspending Vetoes: How the Euro Countries Achieved Unanimity in the Fiscal Compact.” |
| 2014 | Hyeonho Hahm, University of Michigan “Suspending Vetoes: How the Euro Countries Achieved Unanimity in the Fiscal Compact.” |
| 2013 | Timothy Conlan, George Mason University “Implementation Networks and Shared Governance in the U.S. Intergovernmental System” |
| 2013 | Priscilla Regan, George Mason University “Implementation Networks and Shared Governance in the U.S. Intergovernmental System” |
| 2013 | Paul Posner, George Mason University “Implementation Networks and Shared Governance in the U.S. Intergovernmental System” |
| 2012 | Charles Hankla, Georgia State University Rethinking the Political Economy of Decentralization: How Democracy and Political Parties Shape the Provision of Local Public Goods |
| 2012 | Eunice Heredia-Ortiz, Development Alternatives, Inc. Rethinking the Political Economy of Decentralization: How Democracy and Political Parties Shape the Provision of Local Public Goods |
| 2012 | Raul Ponce-Rodriguez, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez Rethinking the Political Economy of Decentralization: How Democracy and Political Parties Shape the Provision of Local Public Goods |
| 2012 | Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Georgia State University Rethinking the Political Economy of Decentralization: How Democracy and Political Parties Shape the Provision of Local Public Goods |
| 2011 | Timothy Conlan, George Mason University Inflection Point? Federalism and the Obama Administration |
| 2011 | Paul Posner, George Mason UniversityInflection Point? Federalism and the Obama Administration |
| 2010 | Jennifer Wallner, University of Regina, Canada Does Diversity Always Lead to Decentralization and Difference? |
| 2009 | Daniel Hopkins, Harvard University “The Origins of the Urban Political Agenda” |
| 2006 | Pietro Nivola, The Brookings Institution “Making Sense of Subsidiarity: Why Federalism Matters” |
| 2005 | Megan Mullin, University of California, Berkeley “Fighting Over Land and Water; Venues in Local Growth Disputes” |
| 2004 | Ken Bickers, University of Colorado “Inter-local Cooperation and the Distribution of Federal Grants” |
| 2004 | Robert Stein, Rice University “Inter-local Cooperation and the Distribution of Federal Grants” |
| 2003 | Catherine Johnson, Williams College Co-Authored with Thomas L. Gais, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY and Catherine Lawrence, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY “Three Faces of Welfare Reform: State Implementation and Child Poverty in the US” |
| 2003 | Thomas Gais, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Co-Authored with Catherine E. Johnson, Williams College and Catherine Lawrence, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY “Three Faces of Welfare Reform: State Implementation and Child Poverty in the US” |
| 2003 | Catherine Lawrence, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Co-Authored with Catherine E. Johnson, Williams College and Thomas L. Gais, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY “Three Faces of Welfare Reform: State Implementation and Child Poverty in the US” |
| 2002 | Timothy Conlan, George Mason University “Courting Devolution: The Renuist Court and Contemporary American Federalism” |
| 2001 | William Gormley Jr., Georgetown University “An Evolutionary Approach to Federalism in the U.S.” |
| 2000 | Alexandra Filindra, Rutgers University “Fiscal Federalism and the Politics of Intergovernmental Grants: Lessons for the European Union” |
| 1999 | Troy Smith, Brigham Young University “When States Lobby: Welfare Reform, 1993-1997” |
| 1998 | Richard Elling, Wayne State University “Let Them Eat Marblecake: Michigan Citizens’ Preferences on Intergovernmental Structure” |
| 1998 | Lyke Thompson, Wayne State University “Let Them Eat Marblecake: Michigan Citizens’ Preferences on Intergovernmental Structure” |
| 1997 | Robert Lieberman, Columbia University “State Welfare Policies and the Shifting Ground of American Federalism” 1997 Greg Shaw, Columbia University |
| 1997 | Greg Shaw, Columbia University “State Welfare Policies and the Shifting Ground of American Federalism” |
| 1996 | Daniel Treisman, Harvard University “A Ranking of Key Intergovernmental Relations, Events, Issues and Trends: 1980-1995” |
| 1996 | Richard Cole, Univ of Texas-Arlington “A Ranking of Key Intergovernmental Relations, Events, Issues and Trends: 1980-1995” |
| 1996 | Carl Stenberg III, University of Baltimore “A Ranking of Key Intergovernmental Relations, Events, Issues and Trends: 1980-1995” |
| 1996 | Carol Weissert, Michigan State University “A Ranking of Key Intergovernmental Relations, Events, Issues and Trends: 1980-1995” |
| 1995 | Richard Deeg, Temple University “Germany’s Lander and the Federalisation of the EC” |
| 1994 | Rey Koslowski, University of Pennsylvania “Immigration and the Union of Democratic States” |
Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award
The Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award recognizes distinguished scholarly contributions to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations.
| 2025 | Pablo Beramendi, Duke University |
| 2024 | Tulia Falleti, University of Pennsylvania |
| 2023 | Jefferey Sellers, University of Southern California |
| 2022 | Margaret Weir, Brown University |
| 2021 | Kent Eaton, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 2020 | Jenna Bednar, University of Michigan |
| 2019 | David E. Wilkins, University of Minnesota |
| 2018 | Fritz Scharpf, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies |
| 2017 | Liesbet Hooghe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 2017 | Gary Marks, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 2016 | Ann O’M. Bowman, Texas A&M University |
| 2015 | Craig Volden, University of Virginia |
| 2014 | Richard Feiock, Florida State University |
| 2013 | Wallace Oates, University of Maryland |
| 2012 | Barry Weingast, Stanford University |
| 2011 | Michael Pagano, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 2010 | Richard Simeon, University of Toronto |
| 2009 | Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University |
| 2008 | Paul Posner, George Mason University |
| 2007 | David Forsythe, University of Nebraska |
| 2007 | Barry Rabe, University of Michigan |
| 2006 | Peter Koehn, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 2006 | William Livingston, University of Texas, Austin |
| 2005 | Robert Agranoff, Indiana University |
| 2004 | David Beam, Illinois Institute of Technology |
| 2003 | Carol Weissert, Florida State University |
| 2002 | Timothy Conlan, George Mason University |
| 2001 | John Kincaid, Lafayette College |
| 2000 | Thomas Anton, Boston University |
| 1999 | Joseph Zimmerman, SUNY-Albany |
| 1998 | Paul Peterson, Harvard University |
| 1997 | Ronald Watts, Queens University |
| 1996 | Richard Nathan, SUNY-Albany |
| 1995 | David Walker, University of Connecticut |
| 1994 | Samuel Beer, Harvard University |
| 1993 | Martha Derthick, University of Virginia-Charlottesville |
| 1992 | Deil Wright, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill |
| 1991 | Vincent Ostrom, Indiana University |
| 1990 | Daniel Elazar, Temple University |
John Kincaid Best Article Award
| 2025 | Meghan Leonard, Illinois State University “Democratic Backsliding in the American States: The Case of Judicial Independence.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 54(3): 573-597. 2024. |
| 2024 | Ian Holliday, University of Hong Kong “Two Concepts of Federalism in Myanmar: How the 2021 Military Coup Reshaped Political Discourse and Opposition Institutions.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 53(2): 278-300. 2023. |
| 2024 | David Roman, Lingnan University “Two Concepts of Federalism in Myanmar: How the 2021 Military Coup Reshaped Political Discourse and Opposition Institutions.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 53(2): 278-300. 2023. |
| 2024 | Aung Kaung Myat, McGill University “Two Concepts of Federalism in Myanmar: How the 2021 Military Coup Reshaped Political Discourse and Opposition Institutions.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 53(2): 278-300. 2023. |
| 2023 | Emily Pears, Claremont McKenna College “The Correlates and Characteristics of American State Identity.” Publius, Vol 52, No. 2, Spring 2022. |
| 2023 | Emily Sydnor, Southwestern University “The Correlates and Characteristics of American State Identity.” Publius, Vol 52, No. 2, Spring 2022. |
| 2022 | Louise Tilin, Kings College London “Building a National Economy: Origin of Centralized Federalism in India,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 51, Issue 2 (Spring 2021): 161-185. |
| 2021 | R. Kent Weaver, Georgetown University |
| 2020 | Paolo Dardanelli, University of Kent “Conceptualizing, Measuring and Mapping State Structures—with an Application to Western Europe, 1950-2015.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 49, Issue 2 (Spring 2019): 271-298 |
| 2019 | Karlo Basta, Memorial University of Newfoundland “The State between Minority and Majority Nationalism: Decentralization, Symbolic Recognition, and Secessionist Crises in Spain and Canada.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 48(1): 51-75. |
| 2018 | Nicholas Jacobs, University of Virginia “An Experimental Test of How Americans Think about Federalism.” |
| 2017 | Jason Sorens, Dartmouth College “Secession Risk and Fiscal Federalism.” |
| 2015 | Gwen Arnold, “When Cooperative Federalism Isn’t: How U.S. Federal Interagency Contradictions Impede Effective Wetland Management” |
| 2014 | Frank Thompson and Michael Gusmano, “The Administrative Presidency and Fractious Federalism: The Case of Obamacare” |
Robert Agranoff Award for Federalism Public Engagement
The Robert Agranoff Award for Federalism Public Engagement recognizes significant civic or community engagement by a federalism scholar, merging knowledge and practice to have an impact outside of the academy. This recognition is awarded every other year.
| 2025 | Carol Weissert, Florida State University |
| 2021 | Michael Pagano, University of Illinois, Chicago |
| 2021 | Kathleen Hale, Auburn University |