For his multifaceted achievement that “combines insights into human vulnerability with knowledge about the potential of democratic political power to redress and relieve this deprivation.”
Click here to access the official Prize award announcement article. An English translation of the article can be found here.
For “incisive, penetrating, and unceasing drive to examine and reexamine that which explains human behavior.”
Read the prize winner announcement article entitled Rationella val rena rama science fiction. Click here for an English version.
For “breath-taking learnedness, clarity and courage thrown new light over the growth of modern political order.”
Read the prize announcement article (in Swedish).
For “his contribution to the conceptual development and the re-thinking of qualitative methods in Political Science.”
The prize winner announcement can be found here (in Swedish).
For “profoundly having changed our presumptions about the preconditions for human cooperation.”
The prize winner announcement article can be found here (in Swedish).
For "in a thought-provoking way challenging established ideas about participation, sex and equality."
The prize winner announcement article: "Politisk filosof visar oss dolda strukturer" (in Swedish)
Prize winner's lecture in English.
For "contributing innovative ideas about the relevance and roots of political culture in a global context, transcending previous mainstream approaches of research."
The prize winner announcement article: "Medborgarnas engagemang ger ljus framtid" (in Swedish).
For "essentially raising the scientific standards regarding the analysis of the relations between democracy, capitalism and economic development."
The prize winner announcement: "Välfärd leder inte automatiskt till demokrati" (in Swedish).
For "his path-breaking work on the role of corporatism in modern democracies, and for his stimulating and innovative analysis of democratization."
Prize winner announcement article: "Ett antikvariat i Rio de Janeiro hade svaret" (Swedish version).
For "his profound analysis of the function of electoral systems in representative democracy."
The prize winner presentation: "Ingenjör i tjänst för demokratin" (in Swedish).
For "her visionary analysis of the significance of the state for revolutions, welfare and poltical trust, pursued withy theoretical depth and empirical evidence."
The prize winner presentation: "Skocpol går till botten med staten" (in Swedish).
For "his theory of the social capital."
The prize winner presentation: "Det sociala kapitalet och dess sönderfall" (in Swedish).
For "his significant contribution to our understanding of world politics in an era of interdependence, globalisation and terrorism."
The prize winner presentation: "Världen som en arena för samarbeten " (in Swedish).
For "his outstanding contribution to the professionalisation of European political science, both as a pioneering comparativist and an institution builder."
The prize winner presentation: "Blondel har gett statsvetenskap större tyngd" (in Swedish).
For "her pathbreaking theoretical work, predominantly on the problem of representation."
The prize winner presentation: "Vad representerar representanten?" (in Swedish).
For "his penetrating empirical analysis of political participation and its significance for the functioning of democracy."
The prize winner presentation: "Rika barn rösta mest" (in Swedish).
For "his profound contribution to normative political theory performed with passion as well as clarity in the grand tradition from the Enlightenment."
The prize winner presentation: "Brian Barry ser opartiskhet som politiskt ideal" (in Swedish).
For "having analysed key concepts of political science with theoretical clarity and empirical thoroughness during an era of transnational change."
The prize winner presentation: "Federalism är inte lösningen" (in Swedish).
For "her profound, empirical as well as theoretical, analysis of the nature of collective action and rational choice."
The prize winner presentation: "Samarbete är inte gratis " (in Swedish).
For "his pathbreaking analysis of statecraft, its possibilities and limits, performed with great sensitivity for the importance of judgement, reasoned argumentation and responsible leadership in foreign policy decision-making."
The prize winner presentation: "Hur man undviker krig" (in Swedish).
For "his theoretically and empirically pathbreaking research on the function of consensus in democratic politics in divided as well as in homogeneous societies."
The prize winner presentation: "Allas styrelse, inte majoritetens" (in Swedish).
For "his global investigation of the fragility of democracy in the face of the authoritarian threat, characterized by methodological versatility and historical and sociological breadth."
The prize winner presentation: "Samhällen i övergångsåldern" (in Swedish).
For "his penetrating analysis of democratic theory, characterized by deep learning and breadth of mind, combined with epochal empirical studies of the actual functioning of representative government."
The prize winner presentation: "Eliternas tävlan om folket" (in Swedish).