Class and Inequality Section Award Recipients
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Best Paper Award
Best Paper on Economic and Social Inequality
Kauffman Foundation Award for Best Paper on Inclusion and Entrepreneurship
Best Dissertation on Class and Inequality
Best Paper on Class and Inequality
Best Book
Best Dissertation on Class and Inequality
| 2024 | Zhihang Ruan, Hunter College “Land Regimes and the Welfare of Migrant Workers: A Comparison of China and Vietnam.” |
| 2023 | Briitta van Staaluduinen, Leiden University “Ethnic Inequality in the Welfare State.” Harvard University, 2022. |
| 2022 | Michael E.Shepherd Jr., University of Texas at Austin “Unhealthy Democracy: How Partisan Politics is Killing Rural America,” Vanderbilt University, 2021. |
Best Paper on Class and Inequality Award
For the best paper presented on a Class and Inequality Section panel at the previous year’s Annual meeting.
| 2025 | Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, University of Virginia Tanu Kumar, World Bank “Voice and Response: How can citizens demand accountability from bureaucrats?” |
| 2024 | Abhit Bhandari, Vanderbilt University “Connections, Gender, and Access to State-Facilitated Private-Sector Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Senegal.” |
| 2023 | Ari Ray, University of Geneva “When Identity Trumps Class: Women, Workers, and Statistical Representation Under Low Party Gate-Keeping.” Paper presented at the 2022 APSA Annual Meeting. |
| 2022 | Chenoa Yorgason, Stanford University “Campaign finance vouchers do not reduce donor inequality,” Paper presented at APSA 2021. |
| 2021 | Lucia Motolinia, New York University “The Political Selection Effects of Campaign Finance Rules.” Paper presented at the 2020 APSA Annual Meeting. |
| 2021 | Marko Klašnja, Georgetown University “The Political Selection Effects of Campaign Finance Rules.” Paper presented at the 2020 APSA Annual Meeting. |
| 2021 | Simon Weschle, Syracuse University “The Political Selection Effects of Campaign Finance Rules.” Paper presented at the 2020 APSA Annual Meeting. |
| 2020 | Alexander Sahn, University of California, Berkeley “Why is Housing Unaffordable? The Great Migration’s Effect on Exclusionary Zoning” |
| 2018 | Marko Klašnja, Georgetown University “Ideology of Affluence: Explanations for Inequality and Political Attitudes among Rich Americans.” |
| 2018 | Gonzalo Rivero, Westat “Ideology of Affluence: Explanations for Inequality and Political Attitudes among Rich Americans.” |
| 2018 | Elizabeth Suhay, American University “Ideology of Affluence: Explanations for Inequality and Political Attitudes among Rich Americans.” |
| 2017 | Jesse H. Rhodes, University of Massachusetts, Amherst “Understanding Inequality and Representation in Local Politics.” |
| 2017 | Raymond J. La Raja, University of Massachusetts, Amherst “Understanding Inequality and Representation in Local Politics.” |
| 2017 | Brian F. Schaffner, University of Massachusetts, Amherst “Understanding Inequality and Representation in Local Politics.” |
| 2016 | Eleanor Neff Powell, University of Wisconsin “Legislative Consequences of Fundraising Influence” |
| 2016 | Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University “The Rich are Different from You and Me: How Wealthy Student Bodies Foster Economically Conservative Students” |
| 2016 | Katherine McCabe, Princeton University “The Rich are Different from You and Me: How Wealthy Student Bodies Foster Economically Conservative Students” |
| 2016 | Adam Thal, Princeton University “The Rich are Different from You and Me: How Wealthy Student Bodies Foster Economically Conservative Students” |
Best Paper on Economic and Social Inequality
For best paper among those presented on any panel at the Annual Meeting (regardless of which section sponsored the panel) that discusses the intersection of economic inequality and other social inequalities (e.g., racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation).
| 2025 | Gautam Nair, Harvard University Akshay Dixit, Harvard University “Caste Reparations: Economic Advance, Social Concord, and Policy Backlash.” |
| 2025 | Honorable Mention Rithika Kumar, Rice University “Left Behind or Left Ahead? Implications of Male Migration on Female Political Engagement” conditionally accepted at Journal of Politics.” |
| 2024 | Berfin Bayday, Duke University Asli Cansunar, University of Washington “Homogenizing the High Street: The Economic Cleansing of Minority Elites through Fiscal Discrimination.” |
| 2023 | Jaewook Lee, McGill University “Luddite or Technophile? Policy Preference for Governing Technology-Driven Change.” Paper presented at the 2022 APSA Annual Meeting. |
| 2022 | Nirvikar Jassal, Stanford University “Does Victim Gender Matter for Justice Delivery? Evidence from Women’s Complaints in India,” Paper presented at APSA 2021. |
| 2021 | Alice Xu, Harvard University “Segregation and the Spatial Externalities of Inequality: A Theory of Collateral Cooperation for Public Goods in Cities.” Paper presented at the 2020 APSA Annual Meeting. |
Kauffman Foundation Award for Best Paper on Inclusion and Entrepreneurship
For a paper presented at APSA last year for the Kauffman Foundation’s Inclusion and Entrepreneurship Paper Awards.
| 2022 | Allison Spencer Hartnett, University of Southern California “Intra-Elite Conflict and Demands for Power-Sharing: Evidence from Khedival Egypt,” Paper presented at APSA 2021. |
| 2022 | Mohamed Saleh, University of Youlouse Capitole “Intra-Elite Conflict and Demands for Power-Sharing: Evidence from Khedival Egypt,” Paper presented at APSA 2021. |
| 2022 | Adaugo Pamela Nwakanma, Harvard University “The Gendered Economics of Political Empowerment: Lessons from Nigeria, Africa’s Largest Economy,” Paper presented at APSA 2021. |
| 2021 | James K. Conran, University of Oregon “Work Time Regimes and the Comparative Political Economy of the Gender Pay Gap.” Paper presented at the 2020 APSA Annual Meeting. |
| 2020 | Tanushree Goya, University of Oxford “How women mobilize women into politics: A natural experiment in India” |
Best Book Award
| 2024 | Charlotte Cavaille, University of Michigan Tiffany D. Barnes, University of Texas at Austin Fair Enough? Support for Redistribution in an Age of Inequality. Cambridge University Press, 2023. |
| 2024 | Yann P. Kerevel, Louisiana State University Gregory Saxton, Texas Tech University Working Class Inclusion: Evaluations of Democratic Institutions in Latin American. Cambridge University Press, 2023. |
2022 | Andreas Wiedmann, Princeton University Indebted Societies. Cambridge University Press, 2021. |