The GOVERNANCE blog

Governance is now calling for nominations for the 2013 Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize.  More details about previous winners are here.  The 2013 Prize Committee comprises Professors Daniel Beland (Chair), Sung Deuk Hahm, and Agnes Batory.  Download details on how to nominate books for the prize.  The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2013.

The committee that will select the 2013 Levine Book Prize has been appointed and is seeking nominations for the prize.  The committee is chaired by Daniel Béland of the University of Saskatchewan and also includes Sung Deuk Hahm of Korea University and Agnes Batory of the Central European University.  The prize is given to outstanding comparative works in public policy and administration. Download the notice about the 2013 award committee.  The 2012 award was given to Alan Jacobs for his book Governing For The Long Term.  Read about the 2012 award.

The 2012 Levine Book Prize has been awarded to Governing for the Long Term: Democracy and the Politics of Investment (Cambridge University Press, 2011), by Alan M. Jacobs.  Jacobs is an associate professor of political science at the University of British Columbia.  The 2012 Levine Prize committee was composed of Professors Kutsal Yesilkagit (Utrecht School of Governance, committee chair), Eliza Lee (University of Hong Kong), and Victor Lapuente (University of Gothenburg).  The committee says that Jacobs’ book “should force us to rethink the usual political economy assumptions of politicians as short-sighted re-election seekers. . . . The book provides a trenchant reminder of the power of ideas about the future to shape decisions taken today.”  Read more about the Prize and the committee’s decision.

The 2010 Levine Book Prize has been awarded to Bringing in the Future: Strategies for Farsightedness and Sustainability in Developing Countries (University of Chicago Press, 2009), by William Ascher.  Ascher is the Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics at Claremont McKenna College.  Special recognition is also given to books by Allison Stanger of Middlebury College, and Walter Mattli and Ngaire Woods of the University of Oxford.  More details about the 2010 Levine Book Prize are available here.  The 2010 Levine Prize Committee was comprised of Mirko Noordegraaf, Utrecht School of Governance (Chair);  Susan Phillips, Carleton University; and Anthony B.L. Cheung, Hong Kong Institute of Education.