The Harrison prize
The Harrison Prize is awarded each year for the best article published by Political Studies in that volume. It is chosen each year by a panel of three distinguished academics, often taken from our International Advisory Board. Here are the winning papers from recent years available for free downloading:
Citation and judges for the Harrison Prize 2008
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Winner 2008
James Tilley and Christopher Wlezien
Does Political Information Matter
Volume 56 Issue 1, pp 192-214. PDF, 193KB
Winner 2007
Robert Dover
For Queen and Company: the Role of Intelligence in the UK's
Arms Trade
Volume 55, Issue 4, December 2007, PDF, 179KB
Winner 2006
Andrew Dobson
Thick Cosmopolitanism
Volume 54 Issue 1, March 2006 PDF, 136Kb
Winner 2005
Mark Tunick
John Stuart Mill and Unassimilated Subjects
Volume 53 Issue 4, December 2005 PDF, 84Kb
Winner 2004
Philip Jones
All for one and one for all: transaction costs and collective action
Volume 52, Issue 3, October 2004 PDF, 117Kb
Winner 2003
Charles Pattie, Patrick Seyd and Paul Whiteley
Citizenship and civic engagement: attitudes and behaviour
Volume 51, Issue 3, October 2003 PDF, 145Kb
Winner 2002
Matthew Flinders
Shifting the Balance? Parliament, the Executive and the British Constitution
Volume 50, Issue 1, March 2002 PDF, 111Kb
Winner 2001
Thomas König
Bicameralism and Party Politics in Germany: an Empirical Social Choice Analysis
Volume 49, Issue 3, August 2001 PDF, 498Kb
Winner 2000
Jeremy Richardson
Government, Interest Groups and Policy Change
Volume 48, Issue 5, December 2000 PDF, 209Kb