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, along with one copy to ISA HQ (isa@isanet.org).
Nominations should be submitted by June 1st.

Recipients

Congratulations to the 2022 recipients of the ISA Annual Best Book Award, Janet I. Lewis for How Insurgency Begins, and to Elisabeth King & Cyrus Samii, for Diversity, Violence, and Recognition! See the previous recipients below.

Past Recipients

Year	Recipient	Title
2022	Janet I. Lewis Elisabeth King & Cyrus Samii	How Insurgency Begins Diversity, Violence, and Recognition
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

Matthew J. Hoffmann | Chair
April 2022- March 2023
University of Toronto
Dept of Political Science
100 St George St
Toronto, ON M5S 3G3
Canada

Tricia D. Olsen | Member
April 2022 - March 2023
University of Denve
2306 East Evans Avenue, Suite 107
Denver, CO 80210

Ritu Vij | Member
April 2022 - March 2023
University of Aberdeen
F59 Edward Wright Building
Dunbar Street
Scotland AB243QY

Huiyun Feng | Member
April 2022 - March 2023
Griffith University
School of Government and International Relations
Nathan Campus
Building No. 16, 1.76
170 Kessels Road, Nathan
Brisbane, QLD 4111
Australia

Ty Solomon | Member
April 2022- March 2023
University of Glasgow
Politics & International Relations
School of Social and Political Sciences
Adam Smith Building
Bute Gardens
Glasgow G128RT
UK

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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