International Studies Association Book Award for Power, Realism and Constructivism

Stefano Guzzini’s book Power, Realism, and Constructivism (Routledge, 2013) is the winner of the 2014 International Studies Association Theory Section Book Award. The committee was extremely impressed with the quality of the book and selected it by consensus.

“The award recognizes the best book or edited volume published in the prior two years that contributes to the theorization of world politics. Power, Realism, and Constructivism collects already published essays with previously unpublished material; the significance and continued relevance of these essays is such that they constitute a profound intervention in ongoing debates. Guzzini’s book opens up “thinking space” for a self-reflective, cogent, and fertile vision for how to study the intersection between power and processes of social construction. It suggests an approach to research and theorization of tremendous importance to a field that continues to wrestle with that intersection.”