CDDRL Scholars Celebrated for Exceptional Contributions to Political Science Literature

CDDRL Scholars Celebrated for Exceptional Contributions to Political Science Literature

Anna Grzymala-Busse's book "Sacred Foundations" has been awarded the American Political Science Association's J. David Greenstone Award and the Hubert Morken Best Book in Religion and Politics Award. Erin Baggott Carter and Brett Carter's book "Propaganda in Autocracies" has won the Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award from the International Journal of Press/Politics.
Book award winners

The Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) is proud to announce that several of its scholars have recently been honored with prestigious book awards, marking significant contributions to the fields of political science and history.

Anna Grzymala-Busse, the Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies, a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and the director of The Europe Center, has been awarded the American Political Science Association's (APSA) J. David Greenstone Award and the Hubert Morken Best Book in Religion and Politics Award for her book, Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State. Published in 2023, Grzymala-Busse's book explores the profound impact of religious and medieval institutions on the development of modern European states.

Sacred Foundations has also received Honorable Mentions for the Luebbert Book Prize in Comparative Politics from APSA's Comparative Politics Section and the Robert L. Jervis and Paul W. Schroeder Best Book Award from the International History and Politics Section.

Anna Grzymala-Busse Anna Grzymala-Busse Rod Searcey

Meanwhile, Hoover Fellows and CDDRL affiliated scholars Erin Baggott Carter and Brett Carter have also received accolades for their recent book, Propaganda in Autocracies: Institutions, Information, and the Politics of Belief. Their insightful analysis of the mechanisms and effects of propaganda in authoritarian regimes has earned them the Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award from the International Journal of Press/Politics. Additionally, the book has received Honorable Mentions for both the American Political Science Association's Luebbert Award for the Best Book in Comparative Politics and the APSA Democracy and Autocracy Best Book Award.

Erin Baggot Carter and Brett Carter Erin Baggot Carter and Brett Carter Rod Searcey

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