The deadline for the 2011 C. Wright Mills Award was December 15, 2011.

Review the list of the past winners of the C. Wright Mills Award.

NOMINATIONS

Nominations for the 2011 C. Wright Mills Award closed on December 15, 2011. Each year, members of the Society are encouraged to submit letters of nomination for this prestigious annual award. Self nominations are acceptable. Edited volumes, textbooks, fiction and self-published works are not eligible. Please check back in the fall of 2012 for information about the 2012 C. Wright Mills Award.

The C. Wright Mills Award, established in 1964, is made annually and carries with it a stipend of $500 for the author(s) of the winning book. The deadline for the 2011 award nominations was December 15, 2011. The 2011 award will be presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, August 16-18, 2012.

CRITERIA

C. Wright Mills wrote in The Power Elite that: “Only when mind has an autonomous basis, independent of power, but powerfully related to it, can mind exert its force in the shaping of human affairs. This is democratically possible only when there exists a free and knowledgeable public, to which [people] of knowledge may address themselves, and to which [people] of power are truly responsible.” Consistent with Mills' dedication to a search for a sophisticated understanding of the individual and society, the award will be given for that book published in 2011 that most effectively:

1) critically addresses an issue of contemporary public importance,

2) brings to the topic a fresh, imaginative perspective,

3) advances social scientific understanding of the topic,

4) displays a theoretically informed view and empirical orientation,

5) evinces quality in style of writing,

6) explicitly or implicitly contains implications for courses of action

NOMINATION PROCEDURE

The Society for the Study of Social Problems established the C. Wright Mills Award in 1964. The C. Wright Mills Award is one of the most prestigious awards given in the area of social science research. We encourage you to nominate appropriate publications. Self-nominations are acceptable. Please note that eligible books must bear a 2011 copyright date.

All nominations, including a cover letter explaining how the nominated book addresses each of the criteria for the award must be submitted by December 15, 2011. Click the following link for information on where to send books.

Please address all questions to:

Professor Karyn Lacy, Chair
C. Wright Mills Award Committee
Department of Sociology, University of Michigan
500 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382
Work: (734) 647-3339; E-mail:

Please include Michele Koontz, ,in the Cc: field of your e-mail when sending questions to Karyn Lacy.

Michele Koontz, Administrative Officer
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