2018

Honorable Mention: Regine A. Spector
Title: Order at the Bazaar: Power and Trade in Central Asia (Cornell University Press)

Regine Spector’s Order at the Bazaar: Power and Trade in Central Asia asks consequential questions about the emergence and role of social order. She shows how her interlocutors, agents in their own right, create pockets of order and efficiency amidst poor governance. Order at the Bazaar is a beautifully and engagingly written, meticulously researched, and empirically rich study offering a broad and significant theoretical contribution that transcends the boundaries of the region.

Co-Winner: Rachel Epstein

Co-Winner: Sarah Wilson Sokhey