The Johan Skytte Prize in political science 2009 is awarded to Philippe C. Schmitter, professorial fellow and emeritus professor at European University Institute (EUI), Firenze, Italy. Professor Schmitter receives the prize for his path-breaking work on the role of corporatism in modern democracies, and for his stimulating and innovative analysis of democratization.
In this context, prof. Schmitters extensive and profound work on regional integration, both in Latinamerica and in Western Europe, should be mentioned. Philippe C. Schmitter is a true comparativist who for many decades has contributed to political science and its progress. How interest intermediation is organized and functions in modern democracies, where he re-discovered the corporatist way of state-society interaction, forever made prof. Schmitter associated with the concept of corporatism. Philippe C. Schmitter has inspired new generations of young political scientists by his supervision, teaching and mentoring in universities such as Chicago, Stanford and EUI. He received his PhD from UC Berkeley.
About the Johan Skytte Prize
"Emeritus Professor of the Institute, Philippe Schmitter has been awarded the Johan Skytte Prize. This award is extremely prestigious and considered as the Nobel Prize equivalent for Political Science."
Yves Mény, EUI President
The prize winner presentation to a broader public in Svenska Dagbladet (in swedish)
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Prize Lecture 2009
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