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Awards in Social Sciences

Awards and honourable mentions since 2014 include:

Arnold Lewis Glass, Cognition, 9781107088313, Psychology, Honourable Mention, 2017 PROSE Award for Textbook/Best in Social Sciences

James R. Flynn, Does your Family Make You Smarter? Nature, Nurture, and Human Autonomy, 9781107150058, Psychology, Honourable Mention, 2017 PROSE Award for Psychology

Elizabeth Buettner, Europe after Europe Decolonization, Society, and Culture, 9780521113861, History, Honourable Mention, 2017 PROSE Award for European and World History

John Chalcraft, Popular Politics in the Making of the Modern East, 9781107007505, History, Honourable Mention, 2017 PROSE Award for European and World History

Andrew Phillips, J. C. Sharman, International Order and Diversity, War, Trade and Rule in the Indian Ocean, 9781107084834, Politics, Co-Winner, 2017 Francesco Guicciardini Prize, Historical Relations Section, International studies Association

Barry Buzan, George Lawson, The Global Transformation History, Modernity and the Making of International Relations, 9781107035577, Politics, Co-Winner, 2017 Francesco Guiccardini Prize, Historical International Relations Section, International Studies Association

Thomas Weatherall, Jus Cogens, International Law and Social Contract, 9781107081765, Law, Co-Winner, 2017 ILAW Book Award, International Law Section, International Studies Association

Barbara Koremenos, The Continent of International Law, Explaining Agreement Design, 9781107124233, Law, Co-Winner, 2017 ILAW Book Award, International Law Section, International Studies Association

Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen, Bounded Rationality and Economic Diplomacy, The Politics of Investment Treaties in Developing Countries, 9781107119536, Politics, Winner, IPE Best Book Award, International Studies Assocation

Jeremy Menchik, Islam and Democracy in Indonesia, Tolerance without Liberalism, 9781107119147, Politics, Winner, 2017 Religion and International Relations Book Award, Religion and International Relations Section, International Studies Association

Patricia Owens, Economy of Force, Counterinsurgency and the Historical Rise of the Social, 9781107121942, Politics, Winner, 2017 THEORY Best Book Award, International Studies Association

Patricia Owens, Economy of Force, Counterinsurgency and the Historical Rise of the Social, 9781107121942, Politics, Honourable Mention, 2017 Francesco Guicciardini Prize, Historical International Relations Section, International Studies Association

Steven L. B. Jensen, The Making of International Human Rights, The 1960s, Decolonization, and the Reconstruction of Global Values, 9781107112162, History, Winner, 2017 Human Rights Best Book Award, International Studies Association

Joel Kaye, A History of Balance, 1250–1375, The Emergence of a New Model of Equilibrium and its Impact on Thought, 9781107028456, History, Winner, 2017 Haskins Medal, Medieval Academy of America

Amy R. Bloch, Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise, Humanism, History, and Artistic Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance, 9781107099166, History, Honourable Mention, 2017 PROSE Award for Art History and Criticism

Vincent Pouliot, International Pecking Order, The Politics and Practice of Multilateral Diplomacy, 9781107143432, Politics, Runner-up, 2016 Chadwick Alger Prize, International Organization Section, International Studies Association

Barbara Koremenos, The Continent of International Law, Explaining Agreement Design, 9781107124233, Politics, Runner-up, 2016 Chadwick Alger Prize, International Organization Section, International Studies Association

Steven L. B. Jensen, The Making of International Human Rights, The 1960s, Decolonization, and the Reconstruction of Global Values, 9781107112162, History, Winner, 2016 Chadwick Alger Prize, International Organization Section, International Studies Association

Aili Mari TrippWomen and Power in Postconflict Africa, 9781107115576, Politics, Finalist, 2016 Melville J. Herskovitz Prize, African Studies Association

Andrew Sturdy, Christopher Wright, Nick Wylie, Management as Consultancy, Neo-bureaucracy and the Consultant Manager, 9781107020962, Management, Winner, 2016 Urwick Prize, The Worshipful Company of Management Consultants

Aili Mari Tripp, Women and Power in Postconflict Africa, 9781107115576, Politics, Winner, 2015 Best Book Award, African Politics Conference Group, American Political Science Association

Sam White, The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire, 9781107614307, History, Winner, 2012 M. Fuat Köprülü Book Prize, The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association

Sam White, The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire, 9781107614307, History, Winner, 2012 Albert Hourani Book Award, Middle East Studies Association

Evan Mawdsley, John Ferris, Richard Bosworth, Joseph Maiolo, Michael Geyer, Adam Tooze, The Cambridge History of the Second World War, 9781107101777, History, Winner, 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Thomas Natsoulas, The Conceptual Representation of Consciousness, 9781107022270, Psychology, Winner, 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Brian P. Copenhaver, Magic in Western Culture, From Antiquity to the Enlightenment, 9781107070523, History, Winner, 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Colleen A. Sheehan, The Mind of James Madison, The Legacy of Classical Republicanism, 9781107029477, History, Winner, 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Sylvester A. Johnson, African American Religions, 1500–2000, Colonialism, Democracy, and Freedom, 9780521198530, History, Winner, 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Louise D'Arcens, The Cambridge Companion to Medievalism, 9781107086715, History, Winner, 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Danny Hayes, Jennfier L. Lawless, Women on the Run, Gender, Media, and Political Campaigns in a Polarized Era, 9781107115583, Politics, Winner, 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Carles Boix, Political Order and Inequality, Their Foundations and their Consequences for Human Welfare, 9781107089433, Politics, Winner, 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Pippa Norris, Why Elections Fail, 9781107052840, Politics, Winner, 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Barbara H. Rosenwein, Generations of Feeling, A History of Emotions, 600–1700, 9781107097049, History, Winner, 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Benjamin R. Campel, Anti-Jewish Riots in the Crown of Aragon and the Royal Response. 1391–1392, 9781107164512, History, Winner, 2016 Nahum M. Sarna Memorial Award in Scholarship, National Jewish Book Council

Genevieve Lester, When Should Secrets Stay Secret?, Accountability, Democratic Governance, and Intelligence, 9781107042476, Politics, Winner, 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Conrad Rudolph, The Mystic Ark, Hugh of Saint Victor, Art, and Thought in the Twelfth Century, 9781107037052, History, Honourable Mention, 2015 PROSE Award for Art History and Criticism

Brett L. Walker, A Concise History of Japan, 9780521178723, History, A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2015

Kristen Renwick Monroe, With Chloe Lampros-Monroe, Jonah Pellecchia, A Darkling Plain, Stories of Conflict and Humanity during War, 9781107034990, Politics, Honourable Mention, 2016 PROSE Award for Government and Politics

Joel Kaye, A History of Balance, 1250–1375, The Emergence of a New Model of Equilibrium and its Impact on Thought, 9781107028456, European history, Winner of the 2015 Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History, American Philosophical Society

Laura F. Edwards, A Legal History of the Civil War and Reconstruction, A Nation of Rights, 9781107008793, American history, A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2015

Nel Noddings, A Richer, Brighter Vision for American High Schools, 9781107427914, Psychology, A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2015

Phil Orchard, A Right to Flee, Refugees, States, and the Construction of International Cooperation, 9781107076259, Politics, Winner of the 2016 ENMISA Distinguished Book Award, Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Studies Section, International Studies Association

Victor Pickard, America's Battle for Media Democracy, The Triumph of Corporate Libertarianism and the Future of Media Reform, 9781107694750, Politics, Winner of the 2015 Frank Luther Mott/Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award

Maartje Abbenhuis, An Age of Neutrals,   Great Power Politics, 1815–1914, 9781107037601, History , A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2015

Richard Hoffmann, An Environmental History of Medieval Europe, 9780521700375, European history, Winner of the 2015 Margaret Wade Labarge Prize, Canadian Society of Medievalists

Antoine J. Banks, Anger and Racial Politics, The Emotional Foundation of Racial Attitudes in America, 9781107049833, Sociology, A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2015

Michael Goebel  Anti-Imperial Metropolis, Interwar Paris and the Seeds of Third World Nationalism, 9781107073050, European history, Winner, 2016 Jerry Bentley Prize in World History, American Historical Association

Bethany Albertson, Shana Kushner Gadarian, Anxious Politics Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World, 9781107441484, Politics, social theory, history of ideas, Co-Winner, 2016 Robert E. Lane Award, Political Psychology Section, American Political Science Association

Tatiana Seijas, Asian Slaves in Colonial Mexico, From Chinos to Indians, 9781107635777, History, Winner of the 2014 Berkshire Conference of Women Historians' Book Prize

Rachel Beatty Riedl, Authoritarian Origins of Democratic Party Systems in Africa, 9781107623019, Politics, Winner (in Hardback) of the 2013–2014 Best Book Award, African Politics Conference Group, American Political Science Association

Michael Albertus, Autocracy and Redistribution, The Politics of Land Reform, 9781107514300, Politics, Co-Winner, 2016 Gregory Luebbert Book Award, Comparative Politics Section, American Political Science Association

Jacco Bomhoff, Balancing Constitutional Rights, The Origins and Meanings of Postwar Legal Discourse, 9781107622487, Law, Second place (joint), 2015 Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Scholarship, Society of Legal Scholars

John D. Turner, Banking in Crisis, The Rise and Fall of British Banking Stability, 1800 to the Present, 9781107030947, History, Winner of the 2014 Wadsworth Prize for Business History, Business Archives Council

J. G. A. Pocock, Barbarism and Religion, 9781107091467   History, Joint Winner, 2015 István Hont Book Prize, Institute of Intellectual History

Antonia Chayes, Borderless Wars, Civil Military Disorder and Legal Uncertainty, 9781107109346, Law, Winner, 2016 PROSE Award for Law and Legal Studies

Marisa von Bülow, Building Transnational Networks, Civil Society and the Politics of Trade in the Americas, 9780521165396, Politics, Winner (in Hardback) of the 2012 Luciano Tomassini International Relations Book Award, Latin American Studies Association

Kenneth M. Roberts, Changing Course in Latin America, Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era, 9780521673266, Politics, Winner, 2016 Best Book Award, Comparative Democratization Section, American Political Science Association

Q. Edward Wang, Chopsticks, A Cultural and Culinary History, 9781107023963, History, A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2015

Megan Ming Francis, Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State, 9781107697973, Politics, Winner, 2015 W. E. B. DuBois Distinguished Book Award, National Conference of Black Political Scientists

Hyeran Jo, Compliant Rebels, Rebel Groups and International Law in World Politics, 9781107110045, Politics, Winner of the 2015 Chadwick Alger Prize, International Studies Association

Richard Ned Lebow, Constructing Cause in International Relations, 9781107047907, Politics, Honourable Mention, 2016 Charles Taylor Book Award, Interpretive Methodologies and Methods Conference Group, American Political Science Association

Leila Kawar, Contesting Immigration Policy in Court Legal Activism and its Radiating Effects in the United States and France, 9781107071117, Law, Joint Winner of the 2016 Herbert Jacob Book Award, Law and Society Association

Tarek Masoud, Counting Islam, Religion, Class, and Elections in Egypt, 9780521279116, Politics, Winner of the 2015 Hubert Morken Best Book Award, Religion and Politics Section, American Political Science Association

Melissa Schwartzberg, Counting the Many, The Origins and Limits of Supermajority Rule, 9780521124492, Politics, Winner, 2016 David and Elaine Spitz Prize, International Conference for the Study of Political Thought

Venkat Dhulipala, Creating a New Medina, State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India, 9781316615379, History, A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2015

Paromita Sanyal, Credit to Capabilities, A Sociological Study of Microcredit Groups in India, 9781107077676, Sociology, Winner of the 2015 Outstanding Book Award, Sociology of Development Section, American Sociological Association

Geoffrey B. Saxe, Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas, Papua New Guinea Studies, 9781107685697, Psychology, Winner of the 2015 Eleanor E. Maccoby Book Award, American Psychological Association, Division 7

Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro, Curbing Clientelism in Argentina, Politics, Poverty, and Social Policy, 9781107073623, Politics, Winner of the 2015 Donna Lee Van Cott Award, Political Institutions Section, Latin American Studies Association

Claire Jean Kim   Dangerous Crossings, Race, Species, and Nature in a Multicultural Age, 9781107622937, Sociology, Winner, 2016 Best Book Award, Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section, American Political Science Association

Thomas Rudel, Defensive Environmentalists and the Dynamics of Global Reform, 9781107448568, Politics, Winner (in Hardback) of the 2014 Gerald L. Young Book Award, Society for Human Ecology

Lisa Baldez, Defying Convention, US Resistance to the UN Treaty on Women's Rights, 9781107416826, Politics, Winner, 2015 Victoria Schuck Award, American Political Science Association

Scott Mainwaring, Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America, Emergence, Survival, and Fall, 9780521190015, Politics, Winner of the 2014 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award, Political Institutions Section, Latin American Studies Association

Amel Ahmed, Democracy and the Politics of Electoral System Choice, Engineering Electoral Dominance, 9781107484139, Politics, Winner (in Hardback) of the 2014 Best Book Award, European Politics and Society Section, American Political Science Association

Jonathan D. Caverley, Democratic Militarism, Voting, Wealth, and War, 9781107667372, Politics, , Hon

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