PS: Political Science and Politics

PS: Political Science & Politics provides critical analyses of contemporary political phenomena and is the journal of record for the discipline of political science reporting on research, teaching, and professional development.

Call for Papers: PS Special Issue on Forecasting the 2024 US Elections | Deadline: July 17, 2024
Forecasting of US elections has been a regular feature of PS since the 2004 contest.
This special issue follows in this tradition, but seeks to open up the field to a still more diverse set of contributions. View call for papers

Measuring Democratic Backsliding

May 30, 2024 Comments Off

Measuring Democratic Backsliding By Andrew T. Little, University of California, Berkeley, and Anne Meng, University of Virginia Despite the general narrative that the world is in a period of democratic decline, there have been surprisingly […]

The Invincible Gender Gap in Political Ambition

May 29, 2024 Comments Off

The Invincible Gender Gap in Political Ambition By Richard L. Fox, Loyola Marymount University, and Jennifer L. Lawless, University of Virginia When we uncovered a large gender gap in political ambition in the early 2000s, […]

The Puzzle of Chile’s Resilient Support for Gender Parity

May 28, 2024 Comments Off

The Puzzle of Chile’s Resilient Support for Gender Parity By Catherine Reyes-Housholder, Political Science Institute, Pontifical Catholic University, Julieta Suárez-Cao, Political Science Institute, Pontifical Catholic University and Javiera Arce-Riffo, University College London, United Kingdom; Instituto […]

Logging in to Learn: The Effects of Online Civic Education Pedagogy on a Latinx and AAPI Civic Engagement Youth Conference

May 27, 2024 Comments Off

Logging in to Learn: The Effects of Online Civic Education Pedagogy on a Latinx and AAPI Civic Engagement Youth Conference By Matt Lamb, Texas Tech University Civic education is essential to the health of any […]

Introduction to the Symposium, “Constitution-Making in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Chilean Process”

May 24, 2024 Comments Off

Introduction to the Symposium, “Constitution-Making in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Chilean Process” By Claudia Heiss, Universidad de Chile and Julieta Suárez-Cao, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Expressions of social discontent that trigger deep […]

Escalating Political Violence and the Intersectional Impacts on Latinas in National Politics

May 23, 2024 Comments Off

Escalating Political Violence and the Intersectional Impacts on Latinas in National Politics By Anna Sampaio, Santa Clara University Drawing on interviews with Latina congressional members and candidates, this article examines the impacts of escalating political […]

Constitution-Making in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Chilean Process

May 22, 2024 Comments Off

Constitution-Making in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Chilean Process By Claudia Heiss, University of Chile, and Julieta Suárez-Cao, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, A distinctive feature of 21st-century constitution making is the role assigned […]

Conceptual and Measurement Issues in Assessing Democratic Backsliding

May 21, 2024 Comments Off

Conceptual and Measurement Issues in Assessing Democratic Backsliding By Carl Henrik Knutsen, University of Oslo, Kyle L. Marquardt, University of Bergen, Brigitte Seim, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Michael Coppedge, University of Notre […]