International Security Studies Section Book Award 2008

The International Security Studies Section announces a Call for Nominations for the Best Book Award 2008.

Eligibility: single-authored and multi-authored books, and edited volumes, on any aspect of security studies with a copyright date of 2007.

Criteria: the committee welcomes nominations for books on any aspect, and that deploy any approach (historical, quantitative, theoretical, policy analysis, etc.), in the field of security studies.

Books will be judged according to three criteria:

• originality in substance and approach
• significance for scholarly and/or policy debate
• rigour in approach and analysis

Process:  Nominations comprise a copy of the book to be submitted to each committee member by 15 June 2008.

Prize and Notification: The winning author will receive $250 and an award certificate. The committee chair will notify the recipient of the award, who will be encouraged to attend the 2009 annual convention in New York in order to receive the award in person.

Committee Members:

Chair: Dr Andrew Dorman
Defence Studies Department
Joint Services Command and Staff College
Shrivenham
Wiltshire SN6 8TS
United Kingdom

Hendrik Spruyt
Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations
Chair of the Department of Political Science
Northwestern University
243 Scott Hall
601 University Place
Evanston, IL 60208
USA

Reuben E. Brigety II, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Government and Politics
Department of Public and International Affairs
George Mason University
4400 University Drive, MS 3F4
Fairfax, VA 22030
USA

Any questions: please contact the committee chair, Dr Andrew Dorman, at Andrew.dorman@kcl.ac.uk