The Chadwick F. Alger Prize recognizes the best book published in the previous calendar year on the subject of international organization and multilateralism. The Award Committee is particularly interested in works dealing with how international organizations interact with nongovernmental organizations and other local civil society actors, as reflected in many of the writings of Chadwick F. Alger.
ABOUT THE AWARD:
- The recipient may be at any stage of his or her career and from any country. The recipient receives a $250.00 (USD) cash prize from the International Organization account and a certificate.
- The recipient will be announced at the International Organization Section Business Meeting at the ISA Annual Convention and will be recognized at a reception along with the award winners from other co-sponsoring sections.
- The Committee Chair is responsible for notifying the recipient of the award and encouraging the recipient to attend the Annual Convention at which the award is to be presented so as to receive the award in person.
- Publishers are asked to limit their submissions to no more than three (3) works, and to send a copy of the nominated work(s) directly to each of the committee members named below.
Publishers should also notify the Committee Chair of submissions by email: mjtier@wm.edu. - Edited volumes are not eligible for this award.
- The submission deadline is December 15, 2010.
AWARD RECIPIENTS:
- 2010 Co-Winners: Valerie Sperling, Altered States: The Globalization of Accountability (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
Alex Thompson, Channels of Power: The UN Security Council and U.S. Statecraft in Iraq (Cornell University Press. 2009) - 2009: Co-Winners:
Benjamin Schiff, Oberlin College, Building the International Criminal Court, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008)
Catherine Weaver, University of Texas at Austin, Hypocrisy Trap: The World Bank and the Poverty of Reform, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008) - 2008: Ian Hurd, Northwestern University, After Anarchy:
Legitimacy and Power in the United Nations Security Council (Princeton University Press, 2007) - 2007: Craig N. Murphy, Wellesley College, The United Nations
Development Programme: A Better Way? (Cambridge University Press, 2006) - 2002: Craig Warkentin, St. John's University, Reshaping World
Politics: NGOs, the Internet and Global Civil Society (Romann and
Littlefield, 2007)
COMMITTEE:
Michael J. Tierney, Chair
Department of Government
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Carolyn Stephenson
Political Science Department
2424 Maile Way, Saunders 640,
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI 96822
USA
Alex Thompson
Department of Political Science
The Ohio State University
2139 Derby Hall
154 N. Oval Mall
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Valerie Sperling
Department of Political Science
Clark University
950 Main Street
Worcester MA 01610
Ian Hurd
Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance
Woodrow Wilson School
Robertson Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544 1013
