Economics and Politics

LASA Economics and Politics Section
2023 Awards

Best Book Award

Winner:  Margarita Fajardo for her book:  The World that Latin America Created: The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America in the Development Era, Harvard University Press (Feb 2022).

Best Article Award:

Winner: Luciana de Souza Leão for her article: " Optics of the State: The Politics of Making Poverty Visible in Brazil and Mexico," American Journal of Sociology, Volume 128, Number 1 (July 2022: 1-46).

Honorable Mention:  Paul Alexander Haslam for his article: "The micro-politics of corporate responsibility. How companies shape protest in communities affected by mining", World Development (no. 139, 2021)

Travel Grants are awarded to section members:

• Neantro Saavedra - Rivano
• Paula Luedy Mendes

 

LASA Economics and Politics Section
2020-2021 Awards

Best Book Award

Winner

Gabriel Ondetti
Property Threats and the Politics of Anti-Statism: The Historical Roots of Contemporary Tax Systems in Latin America
Cambridge University Press (2021)

Honourable Mention

Diego Sánchez-Ancochea
The Costs of Inequality in Latin America: Lessons and Warnings for the Rest of the World
Bloomsbury (2020)