The Johan Schütte Prize in Political Science ( Swedish:Skytteanska priset i statsvetenskap ; Eng.Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science ) is an international scientific award awarded to a scientist who has made a significant contribution to the development of political science .
Johan Schütte Prize in Political Science
Swede.Skytteanska priset i statsvetenskap
A country
Sweden
Reward for
significant contribution to the development of political science
The award was established in 1994 by the Juhan SchütteUppsala Foundation. The fund itself goes back to a donation in 1622 from Johan Schütte (1577–1645), a politician and chancellor of Uppsala University, who founded the professorship of rhetoric and public administration in this educational institution [1] .
The first award was held in 1995 , and since then the prize has been awarded annually every last Saturday of September. The first prize winner was an outstanding American political scientist, professor at Yale University,Robert Dahl .
The laureate is awarded a cash prize of 500 thousand Swedish kronor (about 52 thousand US dollars) and a gold medal [1] .
The Johan Schütte Prize earned a prestigious reputation among researchers and earned the nickname “ Nobel Prize in Political Science” [2][3][4] . According to a survey conducted in 2013 and 2014, the prize is the most prestigious international academic award in political science [5] .
List of Laureates
Year
Portrait
Laureate
Justification for the award
1995
Robert Alan Dahl (1915–2014), Emeritus Professor, Yale
For his insightful analysis of the theory of democracy, combined with a landmark empirical study of the actual functioning of representative power
Original text
"for his penetrating analysis of democratic theory, characterized by deep learning and breadth of mind, combined with epochal empirical studies of the actual functioning of representative government"
1996
Juan Jose Linz (1926–2013), Professor, Yale University
For his global study of the fragility of democracy in the face of authoritarian problems, which is characterized by methodological universality and historical and sociological breadth
Original text
"for his global investigation of the fragility of democracy in the face of the authoritarian threat, characterized by methodological versatility and historical and sociological breadth"
1997
Arend d'Angremond Leiphart (b. 1936), professor, University of California, San Diego
For his theoretical and empirically innovative research on the function of consensus in democratic politics in heterogeneous (heterogeneous) and homogeneous (homogeneous) societies
Original text
"for his theoretically and empirically pathbreaking research on the function of consensus in democratic politics in divided as well as in homogeneous societies"
1998
Alexander George (1920-2006), professor, Stanford University
For his innovative analysis of the possibilities and limitations of public administration in decision-making and responsible leadership in foreign policy
Original text
"for his pathbreaking analysis of statecraft, its possibilities and limits, performed with great sensitivity for the importance of judgement, reasoned argumentation and responsible leadership in foreign policy decision-making"
1999
Elionor Claire Ostrom (1933–2012), Professor, Indiana University at Bloomington
For her deep empirical and theoretical analysis of the nature of collective action and rational choice
Original text
"for her profound, empirical as well as theoretical, analysis of the nature of collective action and rational choice"
2000
Fritz Scharpf (b. 1935), professor, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Society in Cologne
For his analysis of the basic concepts of political science with theoretical clarity and empirical thoroughness in an era of transnational change
Original text
"for having analysed key concepts of political science with theoretical clarity and empirical thoroughness during an era of transnational change"
2001
Brian Barry (1936-2009), Professor, Columbia University
For his weighty and passionate contribution to political theory, coming from the great tradition of the Enlightenment
Original text
"for his profound contribution to normative political theory performed with passion as well as clarity in the grand tradition from the Enlightenment"
2002
Sydney Verba (b. 1932), professor, Harvard University
Behind its penetrating empirical analysis of political participation and its significance for the functioning of democracy
Original text
"for his penetrating empirical analysis of political participation and its significance for the functioning of democracy"
2003
Hannah Fenichel Pitkin (b. 1931), Emeritus Professor, University of California, Berkeley
For her groundbreaking theoretical work, mainly on the problem of representation
Original text
"for her pathbreaking theoretical work, predominantly on the problem of representation"
2004
Jean Blondel (b. 1929), professor, Institute for Political Studies in Paris
For his outstanding contribution to the professionalization of European political science, and as the founder of an innovative comparative institution
Original text
"for his outstanding contribution to the professionalization of European political science, both as a pioneering comparativist and an institution builder"
2005
Robert Owen Keohane (b. 1941), Professor, Princeton University
For a significant contribution to our understanding of world politics in the era of interdependence, globalization and terrorism
Original text
"for his significant contribution to our understanding of world politics in an era of interdependence, globalization and terrorism"
2006
Robert David Putnam (b. 1941), professor, Harvard University
For his theory of social capital
Original text
"for his theory of the social capital"
2007
Teda Skochpol (b. 1947), professor, Harvard University
For her visionary analysis of the importance of the state for development, prosperity and political trust
Original text
"for her visionary analysis of the significance of the state for revolutions, welfare and poltical trust, pursued withy theoretical depth and empirical evidence"
2008
Rhine Taagepera (b. 1933), professor, University of California, Irvine
For his in-depth analysis of the functioning of electoral systems in representative democracy
Original text
"for his profound analysis of the function of electoral systems in representative democracy"
2009
Philip Schmitter (b. 1936), professor, Stanford University
For his groundbreaking work on the role of corporatism in modern democracies, and for his innovative analysis of democratization
Original text
"for his path-breaking work on the role of corporatism in modern democracies, and for his stimulating and innovative analysis of democratization"
2010
Adam Przeworski (b. 1940), professor, New York University
For a significant increase in scientific standards regarding the analysis between democracy, capitalism and economic development
Original text
"for essentially raising the scientific standards regarding the analysis of the relations between democracy, capitalism and economic development"
2011
Ronald Franklin Inglehart (b. 1934), Professor, University of Michigan ( 1 ⁄ 2 premiums)
For their contribution and innovative ideas about the significance and foundations of political culture in a global context
Original text
"for contributing innovative ideas about the relevance and roots of political culture in a global context, transcending previous mainstream approaches of research"
Pippa Norris (b. 1953), professor, Harvard University ( 1 ⁄ 2 premiums)
2012
Carol Pateman (b. 1940), Emeritus Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
For challenging established ideas about gender and equality
Original text
"in a though-provoking way challenging established ideas about participation, sex and euality"
2013
Robert Axelrod (b. 1943), professor, University of Michigan
For a profound change in our understanding of the prerequisites for human cooperation
Original text
"profoundly having changed our presumptions about the preconditions for human cooperation"
2014
David Collier (b. 1942), professor, University of California, Berkeley
For his contribution to the conceptual development and rethinking of qualitative methods in political science
Original text
"his contribution to the conceptual development and the re-thinking of qualitative methods in Political Science"
2015
Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama (b. 1952), Senior Research Fellow, Stanford University
For illuminating the modern political order with breathtaking scholarship, clarity and courage in a new way
Original text
"breath-taking learnedness, clarity and courage thrown new light over the growth of modern political order"
2016
Yoon Elster (b. 1940), professor, Columbia University
For a piercing, insightful, and unwavering urge to test and revise what defines human behavior
Original text
"for penetrating, astute and unwavering drive to test and reconsider what explains human behavior"
2017
Amartia Sen (b. 1933), professor, Harvard University
For his multifaceted achievement, which combines understanding of the vulnerability of people and knowledge of the potential of democracy that can free from this deprivation
Original text
"for his multifaceted achievement that combines insights into human vulnerability with knowledge about the potential of democratic political power to redress and relieve this deprivation”
2018
Jane Jebb Mansbridge (b. 1939), professor, School of Management.John F. Kennedy , Harvard University
For her insight and deep involvement in the development of feminist theory, which formed a modern understanding of democracy in its direct and representative forms
Original text
"for her sharpness, deep involvement in the feminist theory having shaped our understanding of democracy in its direct and representative forms"
2019
Margaret Levy (b. 1947), professor, Stanford University
For laying the foundation for our understanding of why citizens accept state coercion by combining theoretical insight and historical knowledge
Original text
"for having laid the foundations of our understanding of why citizens accept state coercion, by combining theoretical acumen and historical knowledge"
↑Dahl, Robert.On Democracy: Second Edition:[] / Robert Dahl, Ian Shapiro.- New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2015 .-- P. vii.
↑"The prize is considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for political scientists" [1] .
↑IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence.IREG List of International Academic Awards :[ eng.] .- Brussels: IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence.
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