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Rules and Guidelines for the submission of entries
for the Jean Blondel Prize
The thesis must have been examined and been deemed to have passed between
1st January 2011 and 31st
December 2011. However, the doctorate need not have
been officially conferred during this period.
Each ECPR full member institution can nominate no more than ONE candidate for the prize.
The candidacy must come via the ECPR Official Representative or the Head of Department.
Only full member institutions can nominate candidates for the prize, and the thesis nominated
must have been submitted at that institution.
The topic of the thesis should fit broadly
within the field of political science and
political thought. For example, work on
political economy should draw substantially
on relevant political science
literature as well as on any economics literature,
likewise work on comparative constitutions should
draw substantially on relevant literature from political science as well as from law, and so on.
NOW CLOSED
Submissions for the Prize must be made
in PDF format to Laura Pugh at
lpugh@essex.ac.ukby Wednesday 1st February 2012.
(Free software for creating PDFs can be found at
www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp)
The submission must comprise (as three
separate PDFs):
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a letter from the representative of
the member institution at which the
doctorate was conferred;
-
an expanded 15 to 20-page abstract in English outlining the
main arguments of the work. The abstract should outline:
- the subject of the thesis;
- its main findings and arguments;
- its principal conclusions;
- the table of contents of the thesis, also in English.
These documents will be used to select a short-list (usually of not more than five candidates).
The authors of the short-listed theses will be asked to provide an electronic copy of their
complete thesis by the end of March 2012, so that the Jury can make a decision regarding
the assignation of the Prize.
The Jury
The Jury will be comprised of a Chair plus three
members of the ECPR Press Editorial Board.
Translations
Short-listed theses
written in languages other than English that
are not familiar to the members of the jury
will first be read by a specialist in the
field. Should they feel the thesis is a
strong candidate for the Prize, the ECPR
will pay for up to 20,000 words to be
translated into English, so that it can be
judged equally by the panel.
Publication
The criterion for this prize is that, with suitable amendments,
the thesis would make an outstanding book, addressing central themes in the relevant subfield(s)
of the discipline, and hence would be suitable for inclusion in the ECPR's Monographs series,
which is published in English.
Although it is hoped that the successful thesis will be published in the
ECPR Press' Monograph series;
the Press is not under obligation to offer a contract with the
book series; and no candidate is under any obligation to accept such a contract if offered it.
On the other hand, the Editors of the Press hope to start discussions as soon as possible with the winner,
and indeed with some of the other shortlisted candidates, on the possibility of publishing their thesis
as a book in the Monograph series.
Prize Announcement
The winner of the prize will be announced on 30th September 2012.
If it is deemed that no thesis reaches an acceptable standard, the committee may decline
to award the prize in any given year.
The successful candidate will be awarded a prize of €1000. The candidate will receive the
prize at the ECPR's Joint Sessions in 2013.
Expenses
Expenses to attend the prize giving will be paid for by the ECPR, who will arrange travel and
accommodation.
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