PS: Political Science and Politics

Gary King The social sciences are undergoing a dramatic transformation from studying problems to solving them; from making do with a small number of sparse data sets to analyzing increasing quantities of diverse, highly informative […]

Akasemi Newsome Despite extensive preparation and familiarity with field sites, researchers can face questions of scope during the implementation of their research design. It may be difficult or impractical to visit all the country cases […]

Christopher Chambers-Ju As I prepared to leave Mexico, my efforts to access an important dataset for my dissertation became increasingly desperate. A newspaper article mentioned that the Mexican teachers’ union endorsed nearly 2,000 political candidates […]

Robert Farley, University of Kentucky In our efforts to make blogging an acceptable component of an academic career in political science, we ought not tame the practice of blogging beyond recognition. Multiple models exist under […]

Vasundhara Sirnate, University of California, Berkeley “He is a very nice man. There is no need to be scared or worried,” said Mr. Saikia1 , the driver of the car that was carrying me to a […]

Suzanne E. Scoggins, University of California, Berkeley Understanding how foreign governments operate is a cornerstone of political science fieldwork, but gaining access to representatives of the security state is difficult, particularly for foreign researchers. Scholars seeking […]