Archie Brown awarded the 2010 Mackenzie for best political science book of the year

The award is for Browns The Rise and Fall of Communism (Bodley Head, 2009; Vintage paperback, 2010). The judges observed that the book is destined to become a central text in the analysis of communism and regime change. They noted that the work is packed full with faultless accounts of cases and events and analytical insights based on the deep knowledge and understanding brought about by a lifetime of research. They added that the book is both accessible and a really good read. At the 30 November ceremony in London at which he was presented with the Mackenzie Prize, Archie Brown was also one of three scholars to receive the Diamond Jubilee Award for Lifetime Achievement in Political Studies. These awards mark the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the Political Studies Association of the UK.