The International Studies Annual Best Book Award is conferred for the best book in the field of international studies with a copyright dated the year before the nomination.

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Recipient Criteria

Individuals, authors, departments, and publishers may submit a nomination.
Although there will be no administrative costs deducted from awards and the opportunity is open to both Members and Non-Members of ISA, to maintain ISA's tax-exempt status, any Non-Member recipient must immediately join the Association to receive the award.

Prize

The recipient will receive $500 along with an award plaque and will be automatically nominated for the ISA Book of the Decade Award.

Selection Process

The Annual International Studies Best Book Award is conferred for the best book in the field of international studies in the previous year.
This award is not presented in years in which the Book of the Decade is presented.
Books to be considered for the award must be published the year before they are nominated. The book(s) that receive(s) the award will be presented at the convention the following year.

Nomination/Application Instructions

A brief supporting statement is required of each nomination. The nomination with supporting statement should be addressed to the committee chair. Only email nominations will be considered.
Nominators are limited to one submission.
It is the nominator's responsibility to contact the publisher and request that copies of the nominated title be sent to each of the committee members at the addresses listed below, along with one copy to ISA HQ (isa@isanet.org).
Nominations should be submitted by June 1st.

Recipients

Congratulations to the 2021 recipients of the ISA Annual Best Book Award, Margaret Roberts, for Censored, and to Christoph Meyer, Chiara De Franco, and Florian Otto, for Warning about War! See the previous recipients below.

Past Recipients

Year	Recipient	Title
2021	Margaret Roberts Christoph Meyer, Chiara De Franco & Florian Otto	Censored Warning about War
2019	Jonathan Renshon	Fighting for Status, Hierarchy and Conflict in World Politics
2018	Jessica Stanton Sheena Chestnut Greitens	Violence and Restraint Dictators and Their Secret Policy
2017	Dale C. Copeland	Economic Interdependence and War
2016	Severine Autesserre	Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everday Poltics of International Intervention
2015	Shiping Tang Emilie M. Hafner-Burton Lars-Erik Cederman, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Halvard Buhaug	The Social Evolution of International Politics Making Human Rights a Reality Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War
2014	Bear F. Braumoeller	The Great Powers and the International System: Systemic Theory in Empirical Perspective
2013	Tim Büthe/ Walter Mattli	The New Global Rulers: The Privatization of Regulation in the World Economy
2012	Kelly Greenhill	Weapons of Mass Migration
2011	Beth Simmons	Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics
2009	Andrew Hurrell	On Global Order: Power, Values, and the Constitution of International Society
2008	Dominic Johnson/ Dominic Tierney	Failing to Win: Perceptions of Victory and Defeat in International Politic
2007	Clifford Bob	Marketing of Rebellion: Insurgents, Media, and International Activism
2006	Michael Barnett/ Martha Finnemore	Rules for the world: international organizations in world politics

Committee Members

Halvard Buhaug | Chair
April 2021 - March 2022
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
PO Box 9229 Grønland
NO-0134 Oslo
NORWAY

Isabella Alcañiz | Member
April 2021 - March 2022
University of Maryland
9706 Parkwood Dr.
Bethesda, MD 20814

Roseanne McManus | Member
April 2021 - March 2022
Pennsylvania State University
**Prefers to receive manuscripts via email. If an emailed manuscript is not available, please email for mailing address.

Benjamin Goldsmith | Member
April 2021 - March 2022
School of Politics and International Relations
College of Arts & Social Sciences
RSSS Building 146
The Australian National University
Acton ACT 2601
Australia

Sheena Chestnut Greitens | Member
April 2021- March 2022
University of Texas

Mark A. Boyer | Ex-Officio
University of Connecticut
362 Fairfield Way, Unit 4013
Storrs, CT 06269-4013

Award Chairs, please review dates to ensure deadlines are met.

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