# Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research

The Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research is an academic honour awarded by the International Science Council, the University of Bergen and the European Consortium for Political Research, in memory of the political scientist and sociologist Stein Rokkan. It is awarded to scholars who have made "a very substantial and original contribution in comparative social science research" in the form of a published monograph. The monograph must have been published within the two calendrical years preceding the award. The prize is awarded annually and is worth €5000.
According to a reputation survey conducted in 2013 and 2014, the Stein Rokkan Prize is the second most prestigious international academic award in political science, after the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. A reputation survey conducted in 2018 found the Stein Rokkan Prize to be the most prestigious interdisciplinary award in the social sciences (jointly with the Holberg Prize).

## Prize winners

Sources: The International Science Council and the European Consortium for Political Research.
| Year | Prize winner | Country | Work |
| 1981 | Manfred G. Schmidt | Germany | Wohlfahrtsstaatliche Politik unter bürgerlichen und sozialdemokratischen Regierungen: Ein internationaler Vergleich |
| 1983 | Jens Alber | Germany | Vom Armenhaus zum Wohlfahrtsstaat: Analysen zur Entwicklung der Sozialversicherung in Westeuropa (From the Poor House to the Welfare State: Analysis of the Development of Social Insurance in Western Europe), "Einige Grundlagen und Begleiterscheinungen der Entwicklung der Sozialausgaben in Westeuropa, 1949-1977" ("Some Causes and Consequences of Social Security Expenditure Development in Western Europe, 1949-1977") |
| 1986 | Louis M. Imbeau [fr] | Canada | Donor Aid: The Determinants of Development Allocations to Third World Countries |
| 1988 | Charles C. Ragin | United States | The Comparative Method: Moving beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies |
| 1990 | Stefano Bartolini | Italy | Identity, Competition and Electoral Availability: The Stabilisation of European Electorates 1885-1985 |
| 1990 | Peter Mair | Ireland Italy Netherlands | Identity, Competition and Electoral Availability: The Stabilisation of European Electorates 1885-1985 |
| 1992 | Kaare Strøm | Norway | Minority Government and Majority Rule |
| 1996 | Kees van Kersbergen | Netherlands | Social Capitalism: A Study of Christian Democracy and the Welfare State |
| 1998 | Robert Rohrschneider | Germany United States | Learning Democracy: Democratic and Economic Values in Unified Germany |
| 2000 | Eva Anduiza-Perea | Spain | Individual and Systemic Determinants of Electoral Abstention in Western Europe |
| 2002 | Patrick Le Galès | France | European Cities: Social Conflicts and Governance |
| 2004 | Daniele Caramani | Italy Switzerland | The Nationalization of Politics: The Formation of National Electorates and Party Systems in Western Europe |
| 2006 | Milada Anna Vachudova | United States | Europe Undivided: Democracy, Leverage, and Integration after Communism |
| 2008 | Cas Mudde | Belgium Netherlands | Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe |
| 2009 | Robert E. Goodin | Australia United States | Discretionary Time: A New Measure of Freedom |
| 2009 | James Mahmud Rice | Australia United States | Discretionary Time: A New Measure of Freedom |
| 2009 | Antti Parpo | Finland | Discretionary Time: A New Measure of Freedom |
| 2009 | Lina Eriksson | Australia Sweden | Discretionary Time: A New Measure of Freedom |
| 2010 | Beth A. Simmons | United States | Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics |
| 2011 | James W. McGuire | United States | Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America |
| 2012 | Pepper D. Culpepper | Italy United States | Quiet Politics and Business Power: Corporate Control in Europe and Japan |
| 2013 | Dorothee Bohle | Germany Hungary | Capitalist Diversity on Europe's Periphery |
| 2013 | Béla Greskovits | Hungary | Capitalist Diversity on Europe's Periphery |
| 2014 | Christian Welzel | Germany | Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation |
| 2015 | Marius Busemeyer | Germany | Skills and Inequality: Partisan Politics and the Political Economy of Education Reforms in Western Welfare States |
| 2016 | Stanislav Markus | United States | Property, Predation, and Protection: Piranha Capitalism in Russia and Ukraine |
| 2017 | Abel Escribà-Folch | Spain | Foreign Pressure and the Politics of Autocratic Survival |
| 2017 | Joseph Wright | United States | Foreign Pressure and the Politics of Autocratic Survival |
| 2018 | Rafaela M. Dancygier | United States | Dilemmas of Inclusion: Muslims in European Politics |
| 2019 | Andreas Wimmer | Switzerland United States | Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together while Others Fall Apart |
| 2020 | Jeffrey M. Chwieroth | United Kingdom United States | The Wealth Effect: How the Great Expectations of the Middle Class Have Changed the Politics of Banking Crises |
| 2020 | Andrew Walter | Australia | The Wealth Effect: How the Great Expectations of the Middle Class Have Changed the Politics of Banking Crises |
| 2021 | Ran Hirschl | Canada | City, State: Constitutionalism and the Megacity |
| 2022 | Vineeta Yadav | India United States | Religious Parties and the Politics of Civil Liberties |
| 2023 | Elisabeth Anderson | Germany United Arab Emirates United States | Agents of Reform: Child Labor and the Origins of the Welfare State |
| 2024 | Anu Bradford | Finland United States | Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology |