The Canadian Political Science Association announces the second biennial competition for the CPSA Prize in International Relations. The prize was established to recognize the contribution of Canadian political scientists to the study of international relations and to encourage the best Canadian scholarship in this field.

Rules

• The CPSA Prize in International Relations will be awarded to the best book published, in English or in French, in the field of international relations.
  
  
• To be eligible, a book may be single-authored or multi-authored. Textbooks, edited books, collections of essays, translations and memoirs will not be considered.
  
  
• In the case of a single-authored book, the author must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada or a member of the CPSA in the year the book was published. In the case of a multi-authored book, at least one of the authors must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada or a member of the CPSA in the year the book was published.
  
  
• A distinguished prize jury has been appointed by the Canadian Political Science Association, which administers the prize.
  
  
• For the 2011 award, a book must have a copyright date of 2009 or 2010.
  
  
• The deadline for submission of books is 10 December 2010. Books published between 11 December 2010 and 31 December 2010 are eligible provided that members of the jury are informed of the date of mailing.
  
  
• The Prize winner(s) will be announced at the 2011 Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, to be held in Waterloo.
  
  
• The Prize winner(s) will receive a commemorative plaque. They will also receive/share the set of books submitted to the CPSA for the 2011 prize.
  
  
• To nominate a book, a copy must be sent directly to each member of the Prize Jury and the office of the CPSA at the addresses provided below. Packages must be clearly marked CPSA PRIZE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ENTRY.
  
  

CPSA Prize in International Relations Jury
Canadian Political Science Association
Suite 204, 260 Dalhousie Street
OTTAWA ON K1N 7E4

2011
Vincent Pouliot
International Security in Practice: The Politics of NATO-Russian Diplomacy (Cambridge University Press, 2010)

Excerpt from the jury report:
With International Security in Practice, Vincent Pouliot makes significant theoretical and substantive contributions to international relations, in general, and to the study of international security, more specifically. Pouliot articulates a “logic of practicality”, building upon the work of Pierre Bourdieu to extend constructivist theorizing to develop a “theory of practice of security communities.” Pouliot’s application of theory to practice in his unraveling of the post-Cold War relations between Russia and NATO allies provides important insights to this period and serves as a prototype for scholars investigating the development of security communities in other historical and regional contexts. With an initial work of this scope and sophistication, Pouliot has established himself at the forefront of his field.

2009
Alain Noël and Jean-Philippe Thérien
Left and Right in Global Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2008)

Excerpt from the jury report:
Noël and Thérien make a provocative and stimulating case for taking the left-right divide seriously in the study of world politics. The authors provide a rich historical analysis of how left-right politics has played out in international history, and draw on extensive comparative empirical data to highlight its centrality in contemporary debates about global poverty and development, as well as on subjects such as the politics of identity, the war on terror, and global environmental concerns. Instead of devising a new conceptual framework for analyzing international politics, the authors cogently demonstrate the enduring power of an old dichotomy centred on universal contestations over the meaning of equality. This book also refreshingly reminds scholars of the need to be more transparent about the partisan nature of political debates, including those among scholars, and to be more appreciative of how the left-right division makes global politics intelligible, clarifying what is at stake, and what is held in common in global disagreements. It is a rare book indeed which offers so much to such a wide range of students and scholars, at all levels of their academic careers.