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.

Journals

A Classroom Simulation of the Syrian Conflict

August 23, 2019 Comments Off on A Classroom Simulation of the Syrian Conflict

A Classroom Simulation of the Syrian Conflict by Richard W. Frank and Jessica Genauer, Australian National University This article describes a semester-long classroom simulation of the Syrian conflict designed for an introductory international relations (IR) course. The […]

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Data-Based Teaching: An Introduction and Call for Collaboration

August 16, 2019 Comments Off on Data-Based Teaching: An Introduction and Call for Collaboration

Data-Based Teaching: An Introduction and Call for Collaboration by Eric Loepp, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater Political science instructors increasingly use interactive pedagogies that emphasize active learning over traditional lecture formats. I contribute to this effort by […]

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A Liberal Polity: Ideological Homogeneity in Political Science

August 14, 2019 Comments Off on A Liberal Polity: Ideological Homogeneity in Political Science

A Liberal Polity: Ideological Homogeneity in Political Science by Mark Carl Rom, Georgetown University “Democratic professors vastly outnumber Republicans in political science in American higher education. Does this create problems for teaching, service, and scholarship? […]

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Job Mobility, Tenure, and Promotions in Political Science PhD-Granting Departments, 2002–2017: Cohort, Gender, and Citation-Count Effects

August 6, 2019 Comments Off on Job Mobility, Tenure, and Promotions in Political Science PhD-Granting Departments, 2002–2017: Cohort, Gender, and Citation-Count Effects

Job Mobility, Tenure, and Promotions in Political Science PhD-Granting Departments, 2002–2017: Cohort, Gender, and Citation-Count Effects by Hannah June Kim and Bernard Grofman, University of California, Irvine Using updated data from 2002 and 2017 on […]

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Monumental Decisions: How Direct Democracy Shapes Attitudes in the Conflict over Confederate Memorials

July 23, 2019 Comments Off on Monumental Decisions: How Direct Democracy Shapes Attitudes in the Conflict over Confederate Memorials

Monumental Decisions: How Direct Democracy Shapes Attitudes in the Conflict over Confederate Memorials by Tyler Johnson,  Kathleen Tipler, and Tyler Camarillo, University of Oklahoma Americans are engaged in a heated, sometimes violent, debate over the fate […]