James Madison Award
James Madison Award
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The Madison Award honors an American political scientist who has made a distinguished scholarly contribution to political science.
The triennial award is presented at the APSA Annual Meeting and carries a cash prize of $2,000. The recipient delivers the Madison Lecture at the Annual Meeting.
Award Committee
Listing of Awardees
| Year | Recipient | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Theda Skocpol | Harvard University |
| 2020 | John J. Mearsheimer | University of Chicago |
| 2017 | Deborah Stone | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2014 | Robert Keohane | Princeton University |
| 2011 | Jane Mansbridge | Harvard University |
| 2008 | Theodore Lowi | Cornell University |
| 2005 | Elinor Ostrom | Indiana University |
| 2002 | David Mayhew | Yale University |
| 1999 | Kenneth N. Waltz | Columbia University |
| 1996 | Philip Converse | University of Michigan and Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Science |
| 1993 | Sidney Verba | Harvard University |
| 1990 | James Q. Wilson |
University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1987 | E. Pendleton Herring | Social Science Research Council |
| 1984 | Herbert Simon | Carnegie-Mellon University |
| 1981 | Gabriel A. Almond | Stanford University |
| 1978 | Robert A. Dahl | Yale University |
Lecture Transcripts
The award lecture is published in PS: Political Science & Politics. These articles may be used for personal, non-commercial, or limited classroom use. For permissions for all other uses of this article please contact Cambridge University Press at permissions@cup.org.
- 2017 James Madison Lecture: “The Ethics of Counting”
Deborah Stone
- 2014 James Madison Lecture: “The Global Politics of Climate Change: Challenge for Political Science”
Robert O. Keohane - 2011 James Madison Lecture: “On the Importance of Getting Things Done”
Jane Mansbridge - 2008 James Madison Lecture: “Bend Sinister: How the Constitution Saved the Republic and Lost Itself”
Theodore J. Lowi - 2005 James Madison Lecture: “Converting Threats into Opportunities”
Elinor Ostrom - 2002 James Madison Lecture: “Supermajority Rule in the US Senate”
David R. Mayhew - 1999 James Madison Lecture: “Globalization and Governance”
Kenneth N. Waltz
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