Didac Queralt’s Pawned States: State Building in the Era of International Finance presented with fifth award

Didac Queralt
November 22, 2024

Assistant professor Didac Queralt has received a fifth award for his book Pawned States: State Building in the Era of International Finance.

Once every three years, International Political Economy Society distinguishes excellence with awards in three categories: Best Book, Best New Dataset, and Career Achievement. The selection of award recipients is determined through a nomination and review process that takes place following each conference.

The Triennial Best Book Award from the International Political Economy Society (IPES) for 2024 was awarded to Professor Queralt for Pawned States: State Building in the Era of International Finance. 

Previous to this IPES Triennial award, Pawned States received these other accolades.

  • The 2023 William H. Riker Book Biennial Award (ex aequo) of the APSA Political Economy Section
  • The 2023 Best Book Award of the APSA International Collaboration Section
  • The 2023 Gaddis Smith International Book Prize for best first book by a Yale ladder faculty member
  • The 2023 Lepgold Book Prize for best book on International Relations of the Mortara Center for International Studies at Georgetown University

Panoramic in scope, Pawned States sheds needed light on how early and easy access to external finance pushes developing nations into trajectories characterized by fragile fiscal institutions and autocratic politics.