Association News New APSA William Nelson, Jr., The Ohio and career service within their Officers Elected State University fields of political science.

At the 90th Annual Meeting, the Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations slate of officers put forward by the Ada Finifter to be APSA Nominating Committee was APSR Editor The Distinguished Scholar Award unanimously accepted. The 1994-95 in recognition of distinguished APSA officers are: At the August 31 Council Meet- scholarly contributions to the study of federalism and intergovernmen- President: ing presided over by APSA Presi- dent Charles O. Jones, Ada W. tal relations was awarded to Sam- Sidney Verba, Harvard uel H. Beer, Harvard University. University Finifter, Michigan State University, was unanimously approved to be The Best Paper Award, conferred President-Elect: the next Managing Editor of the upon the best paper in the field of Arend Lijphart, University of American Political Science Review. federalism and intergovernmental California, San Diego Jones and Council members praised relations presented at the previous the scholarly and administrative year's annual APSA meeting was Vice-Presidents: achievements of Finifter and ex- presented to Rey Koslowski, Uni- F. Chris Garcia, University of pressed their confidence that she versity of Pennsylvania. New Mexico would follow in the exemplary style Betty Glad, University of South of the current Managing Editor, G. Carolina Bingham Powell, Jr. The editorial Law and Courts Catherine Kelleher, The Brook- transition of the APSR with begin The C. Herman Pritchett Award ings Institution in the summer of 1995. Finifter will for the best book in the field of Treasurer: start to receive manuscripts in the Law and Courts authored by a po- Susan Bourque, Smith College fall of 1995 and will publish her litical scientist in 1993 was awarded first issue of the APSR as Manag- to Howard Gillman, University of Secretary: ing Editor in March 1996. Southern California, for his book Loch Johnson, University of Finifter's name was put forth to The Constitution Besieged: The Georgia the Council by the members of the Rise and Demise of Lochner Era Managing Editor Search Committee Police Powers Jurisprudence As the newly elected President, appointed by President Jones. The (Durham: Duke University Press, Verba made the following appoint- members of the committee included: 1993). Honorable Mention was given ments to APSA Council Commit- to: Kevin T. McGuire, University tees for 1994-95: Sidney Verba, Harvard University, of Minnesota, for The Supreme Chair Court Bar: Legal Elites in the Administrative Committee: Leon Epstein, University of Wis- Washington Community (Charlottes- Serving with Sidney Verba, Pres- consin ville: University Press of Virginia, ident; Arend Lijphart, President- Jean Bethke Elshtain, Vanderbilt 1993). Elect; and Susan Bourque, Trea- University The American Judicature Society surer. John Hibbing, University of Award for the best faculty paper in Timothy Cook, Williams College Nebraska, Lincoln the field of Law & Courts pre- F. Chris Garcia, University of Matthew Holden, University of sented at the previous year's APSA New Mexico Virginia Annual Meeting was presented to Mark Hansen, University of Keith Krehbiel, Stanford Univer- Christine Harrington, New York Chicago sity University and Daniel Ward, Rice Toni-Michelle Travis, George G. Bingham Powell, Jr., University University, for "Rethinking Litiga- Mason University of Rochester tion: The Role of Courts in Produc- Kay Schlozman, Boston College ing Litigation." Elections Committee: The CQ Press Award for best pa- Loch Johnson, University of per in the field of Law & Courts by Georgia a political science graduate student Margaret Levi, University of Section News was won by Nancy Crowe, Univer- Washington, Chair sity of Chicago, for "Gender and Helen Milner, Columbia APSA Organized Sections Asset Settlements in Divorce Pro- University Distribute Awards at ceedings. " Annual Meeting Rules Committee: John A. Garcia, University of Twenty-two of the 32 APSA Or- Legislative Studies Arizona ganized Sections used the 1994 An- Anne Hopkins, University of nual Meeting as an opportunity to The CQ Press Award for an out- Minnesota, Chair recognize distinctive scholarship standing paper in legislative politics

748 PS: Political Science & Politics Association News presented at the preceding APSA to Delmer D. Dunn, University of Urban Politics Annual Meeting was presented to Georgia, and John Uhr, Australian The Best Book Award for the Elizabeth Theiss-Morse and John National University, for "Account- best book in Urban Politics pub- Hibbing, University of Nebraska- ability and Responsibility in Modern lished during the calendar year was Lincoln, for "Public Enemy: Peo- Democratic Governments." ple's Perception of Congress." awarded to Jeffrey M. Berry, Kent The Richard F. Fenno Prize E. Portney & Ken Thomson, Tufts awarded annually for the best book University, for The Rebirth of Ur- in legislative studies published dur- Conflict Processes ban Democracy (Brookings Institu- ing the previous year was given to tion, 1993). The Lifetime Achievement Award The Career Achievement Award Gary W. Cox and Matthew D. Mc- for distinguished and lasting contri- Cubbins, University of California, for the distinguished contributions butions to the study of conflict was to the study of urban politics San Diego, for Legislative Levia- conferred upon Dina A. Zinnes, than: Party Government in the throughout a career was presented University of Illinois. House (University of California to Clarence N. Stone, University Press). of Maryland.

Representation and Public Policy Science, Technology, and Electoral Systems Environmental Politics The Aaron Wildavsky Enduring The George H. Hallet Award for Contribution Award given to any The Best Book Award on science, the author of a book published at technology, and environmental pol- book or article published between least ten years ago that has had a 10 and 20 years ago that continues itics published during 1993 or 1994 lasting contribution to the literature was given to Scott D. Sagan, Stan- to influence the study of public pol- on representation and electoral sys- icy was awarded to John W. King- ford University, for The Limits of tems was presented to W. J. M. Safety: Organizations, Accidents, don, University of Michigan, for Mackenzie, for Free Election. Agendas, Alternatives, and Public and Nuclear Weapons (Princeton The Leon Weaver Award for the University Press, 1993). Policy. best paper presented at a panel sponsored by the Representation and Electoral Systems Division was Political Organizations & Parties Women and Politics given to Burt L. Monroe, Indiana The Samuel Eldersveld Career University, for "Fully Proportional The Best Dissertation Award was Achievement Lifetime Award of dis- Representation." awarded to Joanna Goven, Univer- tinguished scholarly and profes- sity of California, Berkeley, for sional service to the field was pre- "The Gendered Foundations of sented to James Sundquist, The Hungarian Socialism: State, Soci- Brookings Institution. Presidency Research ety and the Anti-Politics of Anti- Feminism, 1948-1990." An Emerging Scholars Award for The Richard E. Neustadt Award The Best Paper Award in the field significant research by a scholar for the best book published during of Women and Politics Research receiving his or her doctorate the year that contributed to re- was given to Eileen McDonagh, within the past five years was search and scholarship in the field Northeastern University, for awarded to Scott H. Ainsworth, of the American presidency was "Abortion Rights Alchemy and the University of Georgia. given to Stephen Skowronek, Yale U.S. Supreme Court." The Jack Walker Award for an University, for The Politics Presi- article of unusual importance and dents Make: Leadership from John significance to the field was given Adams to George Bush (Harvard Foundations of Political Theory to Theodore Lowi, Cornell Univer- University Press, 1993) sity, for "Arenas of Power. " The First Book Award for the The Leon Epstein Award for a best book by a political theorist in book that has made a distinguished the early stages of his or her career contribution to the field was Religion and Politics was presented to Bonnie Honig, awarded to Mancur Olson, Univer- The Best Paper Award for the Harvard University, for Political sity of Maryland, for The Logic of best paper on religion and politics Theory and the Displacement of Collective Action. presented at the 1993 APSA An- Politics (Cornell University Press, nual Meeting was presented to 1993). David C. Leege, University of Public Administration Notre Dame, for "The Decomposi- Computers and Multimedia The Herbert Kaufman Award for tion of the Religious Vote" and to the best paper in public administra- Stephen V. Monsma, Pepperdine The Best Computer Instructional tion presented at the previous University, for "Justice Potter Software Award for 1993 was APSA Annual Meeting was awarded Stewart on Church and State. " awarded to Marc A. Triebwasser,

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Central Connecticut State Univer- time scholarship has advanced the Political Psychology sity for "The American Govern- study of political communication in ment Interactive Videodisc," which exceptional ways was awarded to The Best Political Psychology is designed to supplement presenta- Kurt and Gladys Lang, University Book of 1992 Award was given to tion in introductory American Gov- of Washington. John Zaller, University of Califor- ernment and Social Studies courses nia, Los Angeles, for The Nature and in upper division political sci- and Origins of Mass Opinion (New York: Cambridge University Press, ence courses in the legislative pro- Politics & History cess, political parties, and interest 1992) and Yuen Foong Khong, groups. The J. David Greenstone Book Prize Nuffield College, Analogies at War: for the best book in history and Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu and The Award for Best Computer the Vietnam Decisions of 1965 Research Software was awarded to politics in the past two calendar years was presented to Stephen (Princeton: Princeton University Gary King, Harvard University for Press, 1992). COUNT: A Program for Estimating Skowronek, Yale University, for Event Count and Duration Regres- The Politics Presidents Make sion Models, which provides plot- (Cambridge: Harvard University ting capabilities and implements a Press, 1993). Enlargement of Foreign variety of statistical models for an- The Best Article Award was Policy Section alyzing dependent variables that are awarded to two articles of equally either event counts or durations. outstanding merit this year. Win- William Chittick ners were Charles Stewart III, University of Georgia Massachusetts Institute of Technol- At its 1994 business meeting the Comparative Politics ogy and Barry Weingast, Hoover Section on Public Opinion and For- Institute, "Stacking the Senate, eign Policy decided to enlarge its The Gregory Luebbert Award for Changing the Nation: Republican the best work published in compar- focus by renaming itself the Section Rotten Boroughs, Statehood Poli- on Domestic Sources of Foreign Pol- ative politics during 1991, 1992 and tics, and American Political Devel- 1993 was presented to Robert D. icy. The primary reasons for this opment, " and to Richard M. name change were to build the Putman, Harvard University, for Valelly, Swarthmore College, "Making Democracy Work: Civic membership of the POFP Section "Party, Coercion, and Inclusion: and to help organize the larger Traditions in Modern Italy" The Two Reconstructions of the (Princeton University Press, 1993). community of foreign policy ana- South's Electoral Politics. " lysts in the APSA. As the member- ship of the Section grows, the Sec- State Politics and Policy tion hopes to play a greater role in Political Economy the Association both in terms of The Best Paper Award for the planning the annual convention and best paper on state politics and pol- The Best Book or Article Award in rewarding outstanding contribu- icy presented at the 1993 APSA published in 1991, 1992 or 1993 in the political economy field was tions to the field of foreign policy. Annual Meeting was given to Kim The Section will emphasize ap- Quaile Hill, Jan E. Leighley and awarded to Sven Steinmo, Univer- sity of Colorado for Taxation and proaches that either deal exclu- Angela Hinton-Anderson, Texas sively with domestic sources of for- A & M University, for 'Lower- Democracy (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993). eign policy or inclusively with both Class Mobilization and Redistribu- domestic and international sources. tive Policy: A Longitudinal Thus, the Section on Domestic Analysis." Sources of Foreign Policy is partic- New Political Science ularly interested in the relative po- tency of domestic and international Political Communication The Christian Bay Award for the best paper delivered at a New Po- sources of foreign policy. The Ithiel de Sola Pool Award for litical Science panel at the 1993 The Section is also concerned the best paper in political commu- APSA Annual Meeting was pre- with the whole range of foreign pol- nication presented at the previous sented to C. R. D. Hilisi, Indiana icy issues, e.g., international politi- APSA Annual Meeting was pre- University-Bloomington, for "From cal economy, defense policy, secu- sented to Richard Johnston, Uni- Liberalism to Citizenship in Black rity policy, and immigration and versity of British Columbia; Elisa- South African Political Thought. " refugee policies. The domestic beth Gidengil, McGill University, The Michael Harrington Book sources of military, economic, and Neil Nevitte, Calgary Univer- Award, awarded yearly to the au- political, social and other policies sity, for "The Dynamics of Refer- thor of a book which best exempli- abroad are all relevant. Indeed, one endum Preferences: Canada 1992." fies the goals of the section was of the questions that arises in the The Murray Edelman Distin- presented to Stephen Bronner, Rut- study of domestic sources is: how guished Career Award created to gers University, for Moments of much difference do issue areas honor Professor Murray Edelman Decisions (New York and London, make? and given to a scholar whose life- Routledge, 1992). The renamed Section is also very

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