Journals

APSA publishes four leading peer-reviewed political science journals. Members of APSA have access to the American Political Science Review, Perspectives on Politics, PS: Political Science & Politics, and Journal of Political Science Education.

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Navigating Fieldwork as an Outsider: Observations from Interviewing Police Officers in China

March 14, 2016 Comments Off on Navigating Fieldwork as an Outsider: Observations from Interviewing Police Officers in China

Suzanne E. Scoggins, University of California, Berkeley Understanding how foreign governments operate is a cornerstone of political science fieldwork, but gaining access to representatives of the security state is difficult, particularly for foreign researchers. Scholars seeking […]

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Task Force Report Offers Timely Insight

March 11, 2016 Comments Off on Task Force Report Offers Timely Insight

Political science provides key insights to inform public understanding of current events. APSA’s Task Force on Public Engagement—released summer of 2015—speaks directly to this issue. Called Let’s Be Heard!, the report discusses the vast potential […]

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Political Science as a Vocation, by Robert O. Keohane

March 1, 2016 Comments Off on Political Science as a Vocation, by Robert O. Keohane

Robert O. Keohane, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University This lecture was presented at the University of Sheffield on October 22, 2008, inaugurating the Graduate School of Politics; and at Oxford […]

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Restructuring the Social Sciences? A Reflection from the Editor of Perspectives on Politics

February 25, 2016 Comments Off on Restructuring the Social Sciences? A Reflection from the Editor of Perspectives on Politics

Jeffrey C. Isaac, Indiana University, Bloomington Gary King’s “Restructuring Social Science: Reflections from Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science” (PS: Political Science and Politics 47(1)165–73) is an honest reflection on King’s experience as founder of a successful […]

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PS Symposia Reflect on Arab Spring

February 23, 2016 Comments Off on PS Symposia Reflect on Arab Spring

In January 2011, a revolutionary chain of uprisings shook the Middle East and reverberated across the rest of the world. Five years later, the results of the Arab Spring have been uneven. This span of […]

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APSA Unveils New Publishing Feature!

February 18, 2016 Comments Off on APSA Unveils New Publishing Feature!

APSA is thrilled to offer a new feature to members: virtual issues of great articles from APSA journals! The association is partnering with Cambridge University Press to offer these new digital “packages” to members and […]

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Perspectives on the Arab Spring: Five Years Later

February 16, 2016 Comments Off on Perspectives on the Arab Spring: Five Years Later

Syria; February 2, 2014: Demonstration against the Syrian regime in the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood in the city of Aleppo. (Photo Credit: Jalal Almamo) In January 2011, a revolutionary chain of uprisings shook the Middle East […]