Ning Leng Wins APSA-IPSA Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award

Prof. Ning Leng’s book, “Politicizing Business: How Firms Are Made to Serve the Party-State in China” (Cambridge University Press, 2025) won the 2026 APSA-IPSA Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award. The Lowi Award is presented to the best first book in any field of political science that exemplifies qualities of broad ambition, high originality, and intellectual daring, showing promise of having a substantive impact on the overall discipline, regardless of method, specific focus of inquiry or approach to subject. It is jointly presented by the American Political Science Association and the International Political Science Association.

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