Political Institutions

The Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award honors the best book on Latin American political institutions. 

Nomination Information

• Deadline: 
  • The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, January 16 2026 (Nominations or books received after that date will not be considered for the award). 
    
    
• Elegibility:
  • Any solo-authored or coauthored full-length monograph on Latin American political institutions published in 2025 is elegible for the award. Edited volumes are not elegible.
  • Only section members can nominate or self-nominate books for this award. You can renew your membership here by adding it to your LASA Membership. If you don't have a LASA Membership you can become a member of the section by becoming a "Friend of LASA" (for free) and paying the section fee $12.  
    
    
• Nomination process:
  • The nominations must be submitted via this Form.
  • A physical copy of the nominated book must be mailed to each of the three committee members to the addresses below.
    
    
    • Ezequiel González Ocantos
      Nuffield College
      New Road
      Oxford
      OX1 1NF
      United Kingdom
      Email: ezequiel.gonzalez@nuffield.ox.ac.uk 

• • • Belén Fernández Milmanda
      300 Summit St. Downes Memorial, Rm 205 POLS
      Hartford, CT, 06106
      Email: belen.milmanda@trincoll.edu

• • • David De Micheli
      260 South Central Campus Drive
      Suite 3345
      Salt Lake City, UT 84112
      Email: david.demicheli@utah.edu

• • As a precaution, we ask that authors also send a PDF of the book (page proofs are ok). Although the committee members would rather read books in print, we have had trouble with some presses. You can upload your PDFs in the form or, if that does not work, send it via email to the committee members.