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
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
(Cambridge University Press, 2022)
2022
Antje Ellermann
(Cambridge University Press, 2021)
Virginia Oliveros
(Cambridge University Press, 2021)
2021
Jonathan Craft and John Halligan
(Cambridge University Press, 2020)
2020
Katherine Bersch
(Cambridge University Press, 2019)
2019
Daniel J. Fiorino
(Oxford University, 2018)
2018
Aila M. Matanock
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)
2017
Gary J. Miller and Andrew B. Whitford
(Cambridge University Press, 2016)
2016
Jennifer Hadden
(Cambridge University Press, 2015)
2015
Jessica F. Green
(Princeton University Press, 2014)
2014
Christopher Adolph
(Cambridge University Press, 2013)
2013
David Vogel
(Princeton University Press, 2012)
2012
Alan M. Jacobs
(Cambridge University Press, 2011)
2011
Jonathan G.S. Koppell
(University of Chicago Press, 2010)
2010
William Ascher
(University of Chicago Press, 2009)
2009
Mitchell A. Orenstein
(Princeton University Press, 2008)
2008
Mark Thatcher
(Oxford University Press, 2007)
2007
Alasdair Roberts
(Cambridge University Press, 2006)
2006
Herrington J. Bryce
(Palgrave/MacMillan, 2005)
2005
Atul Kohli
(Cambridge University Press, 2004)
2004
Jonathan Malloy
(University of Toronto Press, 2003)
