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“Justice as Checks and Balances: Indigenous Claims in the Courts of Colonial Mexico” by Edgar Franco Vivanco, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan, first published in the September 2021 issue of World Politics, was named co-winner of the 2022 APSA Mary Parker Follett prize.

Monday June 06

World Politics’ article named co-winner of APSA Mary Parker Follett Prize

“Justice as Checks and Balances: Indigenous Claims in the Courts of Colonial Mexico” by Edgar Franco Vivanco, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan, first published in the September 2021 issue of World Politics, was named co-winner of the 2022 APSA Mary Parker Follett prize.

World Politics (Volume 74, Issue 2) is available online.

Friday April 22

April 2022 issue of 'World Politics' available online

World Politics (Volume 74, Issue 2) is available online.

“Human Rights Half Measures: Avoiding Accountability in Postwar Sri Lanka,” by Kate Cronin-Furman, lecturer in human rights at University College London, first published in the January 2020 issue of "World Politics," was awarded the 2020 APSA Human Rights Section Best Paper award.

Friday September 11

World Politics’ article receives APSA Human Rights Section Best Paper award

“Human Rights Half Measures: Avoiding Accountability in Postwar Sri Lanka,” by Kate Cronin-Furman, lecturer in human rights at University College London, first published in the January 2020 issue of "World Politics," was awarded the 2020 APSA Human Rights Section Best Paper award.

“Bridging the Gap: Lottery-Based Procedures in Early Parliamentarization,” by Alexandra Cirone, an assistant professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University, and Brenda Van Coppenolle, a lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Essex, first published in the April 2019 issue of World Politics, was awarded an honorable mention for the 2020 APSA Mary Parker Follett prize.

Thursday September 03

World Politics’ article awarded honorable mention in APSA Mary Parker Follett Prize

“Bridging the Gap: Lottery-Based Procedures in Early Parliamentarization,” by Alexandra Cirone, an assistant professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University, and Brenda Van Coppenolle, a lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Essex, first published in the April 2019 issue of World Politics, was awarded an honorable mention for the 2020 APSA Mary Parker Follett prize.

Alisha Holland, associate professor in the Department of Government at Harvard University, was awarded the 2020 Seligson Prize for her paper “Diminished Expectations: Redistributive Preferences in Truncated Welfare States,” first published in World Politics in October 2018.

Thursday June 11

Holland awarded 2020 Seligson Prize

Alisha Holland, associate professor in the Department of Government at Harvard University, was awarded the 2020 Seligson Prize for her paper “Diminished Expectations: Redistributive Preferences in Truncated Welfare States,” first published in World Politics in October 2018.

Two members of World Politics' editorial committee are winners of the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) annual book awards.

Thursday August 29

Two members of World Politics' editorial committee named winners of APSA book awards

Two members of World Politics' editorial committee are winners of the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) annual book awards.

Calvert Jones’ January 2019 “World Politics” article, “Adviser to the King: Experts, Rationalization and Legitimacy,” examined the role of experts and consultants in the Persian Gulf monarchies of the Middle East in what she calls “the black box of authoritarian governance.” She has been quoted twice in the “New York Times” about her expansive research, and her recent op-ed in the “Washington Post” illuminates her work for a lay audience.

Thursday January 24

Calvert Jones, ‘World Politics’ contributor, pens op-ed in Washington Post

Calvert Jones’ January 2019 “World Politics” article, “Adviser to the King: Experts, Rationalization and Legitimacy,” examined the role of experts and consultants in the Persian Gulf monarchies of the Middle East in what she calls “the black box of authoritarian governance.” She has been quoted twice in the “New York Times” about her expansive research, and her recent op-ed in the “Washington Post” illuminates her work for a lay audience.

World Politics (Volume 70, Issue 4) is available online.

Monday October 08

October 2018 issue of 'World Politics' now online

World Politics (Volume 70, Issue 4) is available online.

Deborah Yashar, editor of "World Politics" and professor of politics and international affairs and co-director of the Democracy and Development Project at Princeton University, and Carissa Tudor-Block, a Ph.D. candidate in comparative politics, reflect on gender and the editorial process at the journal in the May issue of "Political Science & Politics."

Thursday June 14

Yashar and Tudor-Block reflect on gender and the editorial process

Deborah Yashar, editor of "World Politics" and professor of politics and international affairs and co-director of the Democracy and Development Project at Princeton University, and Carissa Tudor-Block, a Ph.D. candidate in comparative politics, reflect on gender and the editorial process at the journal in the May issue of "Political Science & Politics."

Monday June 11

World Politics' article wins prize at APSA conference

"Landowners and Democracy: The Social Origins of Democracy Reconsidered," by Michael Albertus, first published in the April 2017 issue of World Politics, has won the American Political Science Association (APSA) 2018 Comparative Democratization section’s prize for best article.