The Award for Conceptual Innovation in Comparative Politics is given every three years by the IPSA Research Committee on Concepts and Methods (RC01) and the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City at the IPSA World Congress.

Criteria

The 3rd CIDE-C&M award will be given to a scholarly work published any time between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2008. Any category of formal publication may be submitted, whether it is a book, book chapter, or journal article.

The idea of "conceptual innovation" is to be understood broadly. It is intended to cover concept analysis and concept formation as well as operationalization and measurement. While the first two IPSA C&M and CIDE awards sought to recognize innovative work in the more narrow field of “democratic studies,” the award is now targeting conceptual innovation in the broader field of comparative politics.

Submissions

Submissions are open to authors, journal editors, and book publishers. Jury members, too, may suggest candidates.

We encourage self-nominations. When submitting the work of others, please make sure you have obtained the express consent of the author. Board members of the Committee on Concepts and Methods are banned from participation.

Submissions must include:
four copies of the work you submit,
mailing address, phone, fax, and e-mail of the author, and
mailing address, phone, fax, and e-mail of the person who submits (if different from author).

Please, submit nominations by mail to:
Andreas Schedler
C&M Vice-Chair
CIDE
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
Department of Political Studies
Carretera México Toluca 3655
Col. Lomas de Santa Fé
Del. Alvaro Obregón
CP 01210 Mexico City
Mexico

Research Committee on Research & Methods: Website