Global South Solidarity Award for Professor Yogendra Yadav   The International Political Science Association has honoured Professor Yogendra Yadav with the Global South Solidarity Award "in recognition of outstanding work on the politics of the developing world". This award was presented (in absentia) at the closing ceremony of the 21st World Congress of Political Science held in Santiago, Chile on 16 July 2009. International Political Science Association is the only world-wide association of professional Political Scientists. Founded in 1949 with the help of UNESCO, the IPSA has 45 national associations of Political Scientists as its members. The IPSA organises a World Congress of Political Science at different places in the world once every three years. The latest World Congress was hosted by the Chilean Political Science Association in Santiago, Chile last week. The award was made on the recommendation of the Committee on Awards of the International Political Science Association. The Committee comprised Jorge Heine (Chair), Leslie Pal, Irmina Matonyte, Luc Sindjoun, Hideo Otake and Anton Bebler. A copy of the citation is pasted below. The relevat extract from the Program of the 21st World Congress is attached. CITATION Global South Solidarity Award The International Political Science Association in recognition of outstanding work on the politics of the developing world, proudly presents YOGENDRA YADAV with this award. The award is made on the recommendation of the committee on awards. Awarded on July 16, 2009 at the XXI IPSA World Congress of Political Science, in Santiago, Chile

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