The European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences (Premio Europeo Amalfi per la Sociologia e le Scienze Sociali) is a prestigious Italian award in the social sciences. Established in 1987 on the initiative of the Section for Sociological Theories and Social Transformations of the Italian Association of Sociology, it is conferred annually in Amalfi to the author of a book or an article which was published within the previous two years and has made an important contribution to sociology.
The award ceremony is accompanied by an international sociological conference. The awardees are selected by a jury currently consisting of Margaret Archer, Allessandro Cavalli, Salvador Giner, Joachim Israel, Michel Maffesoli, Carlo Mongardini (chair), Birgitta Nedelmann, Helga Nowotny, and Piotr Sztompka. Previous members include Anthony Giddens, Peter Gerlich and Friedrich H. Tenbruck.
The award was suspended in 1993 and 1996, 1992 and 2011-2015 the jury decided not to assign the award.
In 1999, a biennial special award for an outstanding first book was established and named after Norbert Elias, the first recipient of the Amalfi Award. There are also other auxiliary awards in various categories; the main award can also be split.
1987: Norbert Elias for Die Gesellschaft der Individuen1988: Serge Moscovici for La machine à faire des dieuxMichael Mann for
The Sources of Social Power. Volume I.1989 Elected to US Sociological
1989: Zygmunt Bauman for Modernity and the HolocaustBulzoni Editore Special Award:
Michel Wieviorka for
Société et terrorisme1990: M. Rainer Lepsius and Wolfgang J. Mommsen (editors) for Max Weber. Briefe 1906-1908Zygmunt Bauman for
The Social Manipulation of Morality, Moralizing Actors, Adiaphorizing ActionChen Liangjin for
Social Developmental Mechanisms and Social Security FunctionsBulzoni Editore Special Award: Nicole Lapierre for
Le silence de la mémoire1991: Louis Dumont for L'ideologie allemandeBulzoni Editore Special Award: Philippe Sarasin for
Die Stadt der BürgerHonourable Mention: Ron Eyerman's and Andrew Jamison for
Social Movements1992: main award not assignedSpecial Award of the Jury: Carlo Triglia for
Sviluppo senza autonomia1993: award suspendedShortlisted:
Harvie Ferguson for
Religious Transformation in Western Society, The End of Happiness1994: Charles Tilly for European Revolutions (1942-1992)Special Award of the Jury: Christoph Braun (editor),
Max Weber. Musiksoziologie1995: Raymond Boudon for Le juste et le vrai;François Furet,
Le passé d'une illusion;Peter-Ulrich Merz-Benz,
Tiefsinn und Scharfsinn: Ferdinand Tönnies' begriffliche Konstitution der Sozialwelt1996: award suspendedShortlisted: Andrew W. Metcalfe and Ann Game for
Passionate Sociology1997: Niklas Luhmann for Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft (on behalf of the Section for Classics of Contemporary Sociology);Martin Albrow for
The Global Age (on behalf of the Section for New Perspectives in the Social Sciences)
1998: Alain Touraine for Comment sortire du liberalisme (on behalf of the Section for Classics of Contemporary Sociology);Luigi Sturzo Special Award for Political Studies:
Serge Latouche1999: :Richard Sennett for The Corrosion the Character (on behalf of the Section for New Perspectives in the Social Sciences)Norbert Elias Amalfi Prize: David Lepoutre for
Cœur de banlieue: codes, rites et langages2000: award suspended2001: John B. Thompson for Political ScandalShmuel Noah Eisenstadt for ?Luigi Sturzo Special Award for Political Studies: Michael Th. Greven for
Die politische GesellschaftNorbert Elias Amalfi Prize: Wilbert Van Vree for
Meetings, Manners and Civilization: The Development of Modern Meeting Behaviour.
2002: award suspended2003: Norbert Elias Amalfi Prize: Nikola Tietze for Islamische Identitäten: Formen muslimischer Religiosität junger Männer in Deutschland und Frankreich2004: award suspended2005:Sociological Theories and Social Transformations Section: Suzanne Keller for Community: Pursuing the Dream, Living the Reality2006: Sergio Fabbrini for America and its critics2007: award suspended2008: Pierre Rosanvallon Counter-Democracy: Politics in an Age of Distrust2008: award suspended2010 - Gérard Bronner per La Pensée Extrêmee 