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

A “Terrific Symbol”: Physical Personalization of Pandemic Relief Enhances Presidential Support

May 9, 2022 Comments Off

A “Terrific Symbol”: Physical Personalization of Pandemic Relief Enhances Presidential Support By Henry E. Hale, George Washington University The COVID-19 pandemic has forced governments worldwide—many that previously prioritized austerity—to approve large relief packages. Political economy […]

An Intersectional Approach to Understanding Representation in State Legislatures

May 5, 2022 Comments Off

An Intersectional Approach to Understanding Representation in State Legislatures By Christian Dyogi Phillips, University of Southern California The 2020 US Census unfolded against a contentious national political backdrop marked by protests seeking racial justice, unstable […]

A Tool for Healthy Critique: Community Spaces for the Development of Non-Tenured Women of Color in Political Science

May 3, 2022 Comments Off

A Tool for Healthy Critique: Community Spaces for the Development of Non-Tenured Women of Color in Political Science By Nura A. Sediqe, Michigan State University, and Sherice Nelson, Southern University and A&M College The freedom […]

Bringing the World to the Classroom: Teaching Statistics and Programming in a Project-Based Setting

March 11, 2022 Comments Off

Bringing the World to the Classroom: Teaching Statistics and Programming in a Project-Based Setting By Cosima Meyer, University of Mannheim This article introduces how to teach an interactive, one-semester-long statistics and programming class. The setting […]

Why Donald Trump Should Be a Fervent Advocate of Using Ranked-Choice Voting in 2024

March 9, 2022 Comments Off

Why Donald Trump Should Be a Fervent Advocate of Using Ranked-Choice Voting in 2024 By Jonathan Cervas, Carnegie Mellon University and Bernard Grofman, University of California Irvine This article builds on work by Devine and […]

Using Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI) to Teach Qualitative Research Methods

March 8, 2022 Comments Off

Using Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI) to Teach Qualitative Research Methods By Alan M. Jacobs, University of British Columbia, Diana Kapiszewski, Georgetown University, Sebastian Karcher, Syracuse University The early 2000s witnessed the beginning of a […]

Un(COIL)ing the Pandemic: Active and Affective Learning in Times of COVID-19

March 4, 2022 Comments Off

Un(COIL)ing the Pandemic: Active and Affective Learning in Times of COVID-19 By Violeta Cotoman, Annabel Davies, Coventry University, Nanako Kawagoe, Hana Niihashi, Hosei University, Aisha Rahman, Coventry University, Yuki Tomita, Hosei University, Atsuko Watanabe, Kanazawa […]

The Party-Line Pandemic: A Closer Look at the Partisan Response to COVID-19

March 3, 2022 Comments Off

The Party-Line Pandemic: A Closer Look at the Partisan Response to COVID-19 By John F. Camobreco and Zhaochen He, Christopher Newport University The response to the coronavirus pandemic in the United States has shown that […]