Every year, IPSA’s Research Committee 27 - Structure and Organization of Government (SOG), sponsor of the journal Governance, awards the Levine Prize. The Prize is awarded to a book that makes a contribution of considerable theoretical or practical significance to public policy and administration, takes an explicitly comparative perspective and is written in an accessible style. It is named in honour of Charles H. Levine, who was an outstanding scholar in the fields of public policy and administration. He played a major role in the creation and early life of both the journal Governance and its sponsor, RC27. After his untimely death in 1988, the Editorial Board of Governance and the Executive Committee of SOG established an annual book prize in his memory.
The book selected should meet the following criteria:
- It makes a contribution of considerable theoretical or practical significance in the field of public policy and administration;
- It takes an explicitly comparative perspective or produces findings the implications of which are highly significant for comparative research;
- It is written in an accessible style and form so that it is of value both to scholars and practitioners.
The Levine Prize will be awarded to the book published in the previous year that that best meets these criteria.
Find more details about the prize and nominations at http://sog27.org/
2024 Call for Nominations for the Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize is open until 15 March 2024.
Award Recipients
2023
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Akshay Mangla
Making Bureaucracy Work: Norms, Education and Public Service Delivery in Rural India (Cambridge University Press, 2022)
2022
Antje Ellermann
The Comparative Politics of Immigration: Policy Choices in Germany, Canada, Switzerland, and the United States (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
Virginia Oliveros
Patronage at Work: Public Jobs and Political Services in Argentina (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
2021
Jonathan Craft and John Halligan
Advising Governments in the Westminster Tradition: Policy Advisory Systems in Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
2020
Katherine Bersch
When Democracies Deliver: Governance Reform in Latin America (Cambridge University Press, 2019)
2019
Daniel J. Fiorino
A Good Life on a Finite Earth: The Political Economy of Green Growth (Oxford University, 2018)
2018
Aila M. Matanock
Electing Peace. From Civil Conflict to Political Participation (Cambridge University Press, 2017)
2017
Gary J. Miller and Andrew B. Whitford
Above Politics: Bureaucratic Discretion and Credible Commitment (Cambridge University Press, 2016)
2016
Jennifer Hadden
Networks in Contention: The Divisive Politics of Climate Change (Cambridge University Press, 2015)
2015
Jessica F. Green
Rethinking Private Authority: Agents and Entrepreneurs in Global Environmental Governance (Princeton University Press, 2014)
2014
Christopher Adolph
Bankers, Bureaucrats, and Central Bank Politics: The Myth of Neutrality (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
2013
David Vogel
The Politics of Precaution: Regulating Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United States (Princeton University Press, 2012)
2012
Alan M. Jacobs
Governing for the Long Term: Democracy and the Politics of Investment (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
2011
Jonathan G.S. Koppell
World Rule: Accountability, Legitimacy, and the Design of Global Governance (University of Chicago Press, 2010)
2010
William Ascher
Bringing in the Future: Strategies for Farsightedness and Sustainability in Developing Countries (University of Chicago Press, 2009)
2009
Mitchell A. Orenstein
Privatizing Pensions: The Transnational Campaign for Social Security Reform (Princeton University Press, 2008)
2008
Mark Thatcher
Internationalisation and Economic Institutions: Comparing the European Experiences (Oxford University Press, 2007)
2007
Alasdair Roberts
Blacked Out: Government Secrecy in the Information Age (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
2006
Herrington J. Bryce
Players in the Public Policy Process: Nonprofits as Social Capital and Agents (Palgrave/MacMillan, 2005)
2005
Atul Kohli
State-Directed Development: Political Power and Industrialization in the Global Periphery (Cambridge University Press, 2004)
2004
Jonathan Malloy
Between Colliding Worlds: The Ambiguous Existence of Government Agencies for Aboriginal and Women’s Policy (University of Toronto Press, 2003)
