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The AAASS Ed A. Hewett Book Prize, sponsored by the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER), is awarded annually for an outstanding publication on the political economy of the centrally planned economies of the former Soviet Union and East Central Europe and their transitional successors.

Ed A. Hewett was a distinguished scholar, a fine colleague, and an internationally respected member of the field. The Hewett Prize was established in 1994 in his honor to recognize and encourage the high standard of scholarship that he so admirably advanced in the area of his interests.

The Hewett Book Prize carries a cash award. The 2009 award will be presented in November at the AAASS National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts.

2009 Ed A. Hewett Book Prize Committee

The winner of the 2009 Hewett Book Prize will be chosen by the following scholars:

Rules of eligibility

Rules of eligibility for the Hewett book prize competition are as follows:

Nominating Instructions

Send one copy of eligible monograph to each Committee member (see addresses above) AND to the AAASS main office (address in the footnote). Nominations must be received no later than May 8, 2009.

Submissions should be clearly marked “Hewett Book Prize Nomination.” If you would like to receive an acknowledgment that your nomination was received please enclose with the copy mailed to the AAASS main office a note with your e-mail address or a self-addressed stamped envelope or a postcard.

2008 Ed A. Hewett Book Prize Winner

The 2008 Ed A. Hewett Book Prize was awarded to Anna Grzymala-Busse for Rebuilding Leviathan: Party Competition and State Exploitation in Post-Communist Democracies, published by Cambridge University Press.

(Please click on the name of the winner to see the citation for the award, to connect to the publisher's web page with more information about the book, please click on the title)

Previous winners of the AAASS Ed A. Hewett Book Prize

The following scholars received the AAASS Hewett Book Prize in the past.

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