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Who Cares for the Elderly?
 
Who Cares for the Elderly?
Public Policy and the Experiences of Adult Daughters

Abel, Emily K.

Distinguished Contribution to Qualitative Gerontology, American Sociological Association, 1994

Doing Comparable Worth
 
Doing Comparable Worth
Gender, Class, and Pay Equity

Acker, Joan

Jessie Bernard Prize of the American Sociological Association for Life Achievement, 1989

Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, American Sociological Association, 1993

Hegemony
 
Hegemony
The New Shape of Global Power

Agnew, John

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2005

American Federalism and Public Policy
 
American Federalism and Public Policy
How the System Works

Anton, Thomas

Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations best book award for "the best book on federalism and intergovernmental relations published at least ten years ago that has made a lasting contribution to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations", 2003

Pathways from Heroin Addiction
 
Pathways from Heroin Addiction
Recovery Without Treatment

Biernacki, Patrick

Outstanding Scholarship Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1988

Charles Horton Cooley Award, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 1987

Revising State Theory
 
Revising State Theory
Essays in Politics and Postindustrialism

Block, Fred

Socialist Review Book Award, Socialist Review, 1987

Politics and the Class Divide
 
Politics and the Class Divide
Working People and the Middle Class Left

Croteau, David

Finalist for Transformational Politics Book Award, American Political Science Association, 1996

Cultural Politics and Social Movements
 
Cultural Politics and Social Movements
edited by Darnovsky, Marcy, Barbara Epstein and Richard Flacks

Outstanding Academic Book, Choice, 1996

Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling
 
Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling
Lessons from the Inside

Decker, Scott H. and Margaret Townsend Chapman

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2008

The Two Faces of Political Apathy
 
The Two Faces of Political Apathy
DeLuca, Thomas

Finalist for Transformational Politics Book Award, American Political Science Association, 1996

Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero
 
Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero
Metaphors, Narratives, and Geopolitics

Dittmer, Jason

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2013

The Neoconservative Mind
 
The Neoconservative Mind
Politics, Culture, and the War of Ideology

Dorrien, Gary

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 1994

Nuclear Power and Social Power
 
Nuclear Power and Social Power
Eckstein, Rick

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 1997

There Goes the 'Hood
 
There Goes the 'Hood
Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up

Freeman, Lance

Winner of the Urban Affairs Association Best Book Award, 2007

Seeking Community in a Global City
 
Seeking Community in a Global City
Guatemalans and Salvadorans in Los Angeles

Hamilton, Nora and Norma Stoltz Chinchilla

Best book published in the area of Race/Ethnicity and Foreign Policy/Globalization given by the section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics of the American Political Science Association (APSA), 2002

Rude Democracy
 
Rude Democracy
Civility and Incivility in American Politics

Herbst, Susan

Doris Graber Award, American Political Science Association, 2013

Latinos and the U.S. Political System
 
Latinos and the U.S. Political System
Two-Tiered Pluralism

Hero, Rodney E.

Ralph J. Bunche Award, American Political Science Association, 1993

The Politics of Diversity
 
The Politics of Diversity
Immigration, Resistance, and Change in Monterey Park, California

Horton, John

Robert E. Park Award, Community and Urban Section of the American Sociological Association, 1996

The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons
 
The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons
Hull, Elizabeth A.

Honorable Mention at the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards, 2006

The International Monetary Fund and Latin America
 
The International Monetary Fund and Latin America
The Argentine Puzzle in Context

Kedar, Claudia

Honorable Mention, Luciano Tomassini Latin American International Relations Book Award Committee of the Latin American Studies Association, 2014

Movements in Times of Democratic Transition
 
Movements in Times of Democratic Transition
edited by Klandermans, Bert and Cornelis van Stralen

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2015

Women of the New Right
 
Women of the New Right
Klatch, Rebecca E.

Victoria Schuck Award, American Political Science Association, 1988

Making Equity Planning Work
 
Making Equity Planning Work
Leadership in the Public Sector

Krumholz, Norman and John Forester, foreword by Alan A. Altshuler

Paul Davidoff book of the year award from the Associated Collegiate Schools of Planning, 1990

New Social Movements
 
New Social Movements
From Ideology to Identity

edited by Laraña, Enrique, Hank Johnston and Joseph R. Gusfield

Outstanding Academic Book, Choice, 1995

The Death and Life of the Single-Family House
 
The Death and Life of the Single-Family House
Lessons from Vancouver on Building a Livable City

Lauster, Nathanael

Canadian Sociological Association's John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award, 2017

The Making of Asian America through Political Participation
 
The Making of Asian America through Political Participation
Lien, Pei-te

Best Book published in the areas of Political Participation, Voting, Elections, and Political Behavior in Racial/Ethnic Politics by the Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics of the American Political Science Association (APSA)., 2002

Undocumented Fears
 
Undocumented Fears
Immigration and the Politics of Divide and Conquer in Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Longazel, Jamie

North Central Sociological Association's scholarly achievement awards, 2017


 
Selma's Peacemaker
Ralph Smeltzer and Civil Rights Mediation

Longenecker, Steve L.

Outstanding Book Award, Gustavus Myers Center for Human Rights, 1987

Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability
 
Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability
Longmore, Paul K.

Honorable Mention in the category of Disability Rights, Gustavus Myers Book Award, 2004

Paul Longmore was selected by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) to receive The Henry B. Betts Award, 2004

The City on the Hill from Below
 
The City on the Hill from Below
The Crisis of Prophetic Black Politics

Marshall, Stephen H.

American Political Science Association's Foundations of Political Theory First Book Award, 2012

Race Appeal
 
Race Appeal
How Candidates Invoke Race in U.S. Political Campaigns

McIlwain, Charlton D., and Stephen M. Caliendo

Ralph J. Bunche Award, American Political Science Association, 2012

Selected as "'The Best of the Best' from the University Presses" Books For Public and High School Libraries" for the ALA Annual Conference, 2012

Chilean New Song
 
Chilean New Song
The Political Power of Music, 1960s-1973

McSherry, J. Patrice

Cecil B. Currey Book Award, 2015

Behind the Backlash
 
Behind the Backlash
Muslim Americans after 9/11

Peek, Lori

Midwest Sociological Society Distinguished Book Award, 2012

Best Book Award from the American Sociological Association's (ASA) section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity, 2013

Extradition, Politics, and Human Rights
 
Extradition, Politics, and Human Rights
Pyle, Christopher H.

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2002

From Identity to Politics
 
From Identity to Politics
The Lesbian and Gay Movements in the United States

Rimmerman, Craig A.

Finalist for the Lambda Literary Foundation's 15th Annual Lambda Literary Award in Biography, 2003

The Ethics of Care
 
The Ethics of Care
A Feminist Approach to Human Security

Robinson, Fiona

J. Ann Tickner Book Prize from the International Studies Association, 2014

The Poverty of American Politics
 
The Poverty of American Politics
A Theoretical Interpretation

Roelofs, H. Mark

Harrington Award from the Caucus for a New Political Science, 1993

Terrorizing Latina/o Immigrants
 
Terrorizing Latina/o Immigrants
Race, Gender, and Immigration Politics in the Age of Security

Sampaio, Anna

American Political Science Association's Latino Politics Best Book Prize, 2016

Language Policy and Identity Politics in the United States
 
Language Policy and Identity Politics in the United States
Schmidt, Sr., Ronald

"Best Book Award" from the American Political Science Association Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics for the category of "Public Policies, Legal and Social Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Politics", 2001

The Crisis of Growth Politics
 
The Crisis of Growth Politics
Cleveland, Kucinich, and the Challenge of Urban Populism

Swanstrom, Todd

Best Book in Urban Politics Award, American Political Science Association, 1988

El Salvador in the Eighties
 
El Salvador in the Eighties
Counterinsurgency and Revolution

Uclés, Mario Lungo, introduction by Arthur Schmidt, translated by Amelia F. Shogan

Casa de las Amèricas Prize for the Spanish Edition, 1990


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