Call for Papers – PS: Political Science and Politics invites research submissions that make critical theoretical and empirical contributions on the topics addressed by Dr. McClain’s career and book, “Can We All Get Along? Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics.”
Dr. Paula D. McClain is a masterful scholar-educator and an icon in the discipline of political science and academia overall. For more than 40 years, Dr. McClain’s research has presented insightful, rigorous coverage of the American political landscape of minoritized peoples. Most significantly, however, as individual and institutional commitments to the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion have waxed and waned, Dr. Paula D. McClain remained steadfast in her resolve to propel political science toward a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive place in its scholarship and among its scholars. Her monumental contributions to political science have ensured that Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (REP) and racially and ethnically diverse political scientists are both mainstays of the discipline and in the vanguard of its research.
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the first edition publication of McClain’s Can We All Get Along? Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics (Westview Press, 1995). To mark this anniversary, the topics addressed includes the following:
Special Issue Topics
PS: Political Science and Politics invites research submissions that make critical theoretical and empirical contributions on the topics addressed by the book or McClain’s career including:
- comparative assessment of the career experiences and trajectories of minoritized political scientists
- how REP informs contemporary debates in political science
- how history can elucidate and provide guidance in navigating today’s U.S. racial dilemmas
- the power of social movements to create a more egalitarian and democratic society
- the development and influence of descriptive representation in U.S. institutions and policymaking
- Interminority group relations in a deteriorating democracy
Submission Guidelines – Deadline: April 1, 2025
Accepted manuscripts will be published on First View as they are completed, but will be published together in a special issue.
- Submission Deadline: Contributions must be submitted to PS: Political Science & Politics via Editorial Manager on or before April 1, 2025.
- To Submit: Submit manuscripts through the online system at: www.editorialmanager.com/ps.
- Length: Manuscripts must be fewer than 4,800 words, including notes and references. Please view our Submission Guidelines for more information.
- Style, Format, References: Manuscripts must be submitted in Word, should include in-text citations that correspond with endnotes and references conforming to the Style Manual (Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition). An online appendix can be uploaded for supplementary and supporting material.
Read the full call for papers here.
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