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

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Teaching the Hidden Curriculum in Political Science

June 29, 2022 Comments Off on Teaching the Hidden Curriculum in Political Science

Teaching the Hidden Curriculum in Political Science By Elena Barham and Colleen Wood, Columbia University The “hidden curriculum” in academia represents a set of informal norms and rules, expectations, and skills that inform our “ways […]

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Studying Legislatures at the Intersection of Gender and Race: The View from the 114th Congress

June 28, 2022 Comments Off on Studying Legislatures at the Intersection of Gender and Race: The View from the 114th Congress

Studying Legislatures at the Intersection of Gender and Race: The View from the 114th Congress By Kelly Dittmar, Rutgers University–Camden, Catherine Wineinger, Western Washington University and Kira Sanbonmatsu, Rutgers University–New Brunswick Whereas the racial or […]

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Small-Scale Civic Engagement with Big Impacts

June 27, 2022 Comments Off on Small-Scale Civic Engagement with Big Impacts

Small-Scale Civic Engagement with Big Impacts By William O’Brochta, Louisiana Tech University Students’ civic values, academic performance, social attitudes, and cognitive development significantly improve as a result of taking courses with civic engagement components (Yorio […]

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Sexual Harassment and Assault During Field Research

June 24, 2022 Comments Off on Sexual Harassment and Assault During Field Research

Sexual Harassment and Assault During Field Research By Stacey L. Hunt, Auburn University Political scientists have recently taken great strides to expose and address sexual harassment and assault in our academic departments and professional conferences. […]

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Seven Suggestions for Teaching Quantitative Methods

June 23, 2022 Comments Off on Seven Suggestions for Teaching Quantitative Methods

Seven Suggestions for Teaching Quantitative Methods By Elina Schleutker, University of Freiburg With the increase of data availability, knowledge about quantitative methods is more important than ever. Indeed, students need quantitative methods to understand quantitative […]