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

APSA

Whose Research Is It? Political Scientists Discuss Whether, How, and Why We Should Involve the Communities We Study

August 9, 2018 Comments Off on Whose Research Is It? Political Scientists Discuss Whether, How, and Why We Should Involve the Communities We Study

Whose Research Is It? Political Scientists Discuss Whether, How, and Why We Should Involve the Communities We Study by Kristin Michelitch, Vanderbilt University As scholars conducting research in the Global South, we “collect” the insights, […]

APSA

Am I a Methodologist? (Asking for a Friend)

August 8, 2018 Comments Off on Am I a Methodologist? (Asking for a Friend)

Am I a Methodologist? (Asking for a Friend) by Thomas J. Leeper, London School of Economics and Political Science Political methodologists are a group of political scientists who provide the field as a whole with […]

APSA

Everyday Political Engagement in Comparative Politics

August 7, 2018 Comments Off on Everyday Political Engagement in Comparative Politics

Everyday Political Engagement in Comparative Politics by Thomas Pepinsky, Cornell University It is common for critics of social science to consider scholarship and academic research to be too divorced from “real-world politics” to be useful. Academic […]

APSA

The Use of Positive Words in Political Science Language

August 6, 2018 Comments Off on The Use of Positive Words in Political Science Language

The Use of Positive Words in Political Science Language by Nils B. Weidmann, University of Konstanz, Sabine Otto, Uppsala University and Lukas Kawerau, University of Konstanz Research in the natural sciences has shown that the frequency of […]

No Picture
APSA

Maximizing Benefits from Survey-Based Research

August 3, 2018 Comments Off on Maximizing Benefits from Survey-Based Research

Maximizing Benefits from Survey-Based Research by Noam Lupu, Vanderbilt University and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University Despite the best of intentions, many social science studies end up unpublished or with few citations, and few studies are […]

No Picture
APSA

Why Did Women Vote for Donald Trump?

August 2, 2018 Comments Off on Why Did Women Vote for Donald Trump?

Why Did Women Vote for Donald Trump? by Mark Setzler, High Point University and Alixandra B. Yanus, High Point University Popular accounts of the 2016 election attribute Donald Trump’s victory to his mobilization of angry white […]

APSA

Do Introductory Political Science Courses Contribute to a Racial “Political Efficacy Gap”? Findings from a Panel Survey of a Flagship University

August 1, 2018 Comments Off on Do Introductory Political Science Courses Contribute to a Racial “Political Efficacy Gap”? Findings from a Panel Survey of a Flagship University

Do Introductory Political Science Courses Contribute to a Racial “Political Efficacy Gap”? Findings from a Panel Survey of a Flagship University by Miguel Centellas, University of Mississippi and  Cy Rosenblatt, University of Mississippi In a panel […]

APSA

Teaching Students to Hear the Other Side: Using Web Design and Election Events to Build Empathy in the Political Science Classroom

July 31, 2018 Comments Off on Teaching Students to Hear the Other Side: Using Web Design and Election Events to Build Empathy in the Political Science Classroom

Teaching Students to Hear the Other Side: Using Web Design and Election Events to Build Empathy in the Political Science Classroom by: Leslie Caughell, Virginia Wesleyan University Research suggests that technology in the political science […]