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

Professional Conferences and the Challenges of Studying Black Politics

November 27, 2017 Comments Off

Virtual Issue: Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Inequality The APSA Presidential Task Force Report ‘Political Science in the 21st Century report’, now just over five years old, offered a number of recommendations to the discipline including several […]

Introduction: Emotions, Ideologies, and Violence

November 27, 2017 Comments Off

Introduction: Emotions, Ideologies, and Violence by Stefano Costalli, Università di Firenze and Andrea Ruggeri, University of Oxford The advent of radical Islamist groups, the birth of ISIS, and several violent events in the last 15 years shows that […]

The Unique Utility of Focus Groups for Mixed-Methods Research

November 24, 2017 Comments Off

The Unique Utility of Focus Groups for Mixed-Methods Research by Jennifer Cyr, University of Arizona In this research note, I underscore the unique utility of focus groups for mixed-methods research. I identify three distinctive, inter-related features […]

Could President Trump Rely on Legal Advice to Order the Offensive Use of Military Force at His Discretion?

November 22, 2017 Comments Off

Could President Trump Rely on Legal Advice to Order the Offensive Use of Military Force at His Discretion? by Chris Edelson, American University As Donald Trump engages in a high stakes game of nuclear brinksmanship with […]

Creative Writing and the Study of Politics

November 21, 2017 Comments Off

Creative Writing and the Study of Politics by Susan Williams, Pomona College Creative writing is not part of professional training in political science. But scholars in other fields testify to the benefits of creative writing assignments, […]

The Politics of Presence in Academic Professional Associations: A Research Note on Governance at the APSA

November 15, 2017 Comments Off

The Politics of Presence in Academic Professional Associations: A Research Note on Governance at the APSA by Amy Atchison, Valparaiso University Professional associations like the APSA are intended to represent the interests of all of the […]

Case Studies and Analytic Transparency in Causal-Oriented Mixed-Methods Research

November 14, 2017 Comments Off

Case Studies and Analytic Transparency in Causal-Oriented Mixed-Methods Research by Jeb Barnes, University of Southern California and Nicholas Weller, University of California, Riverside We discuss analytic transparency in the context of mixed-method research and make two related contributions. First, […]

Organizing Emotions and Ideology in Collective Armed Mobilization

November 13, 2017 Comments Off

Organizing Emotions and Ideology in Collective Armed Mobilization by Francesco N. Moro, University of Bologna The piece assesses the contribution of different insights deriving from different strands of organization theory (OT) to the analysis of how […]