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

Teaching, Self-Care, and Reflective Practice during a Pandemic

September 19, 2022 Comments Off

Teaching, Self-Care, and Reflective Practice during a Pandemic By Rachel Vanderhill and Courtney Dorroll, Wofford College Political science courses often address difficult topics that can take an emotional and psychological toll on students, including burnout, […]

Proficiency, Inquiry, and Textbooks in Comparative Politics

September 19, 2022 Comments Off

Proficiency, Inquiry, and Textbooks in Comparative Politics By Patrick H. O’Neil, University of Puget Sound When I was asked for this contribution, I initially found it difficult to reflect on the larger implications behind my […]

Teaching Computational Social Science for All

September 17, 2022 Comments Off

Teaching Computational Social Science for All By Jae Yeon Kim, KDI School of Public Policy and Management and Yee Man Margaret Ng, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign Computational methods have become an integral part of political […]

Taming Abundance: Doing Digital Archival Research (as Political Scientists)

September 15, 2022 Comments Off

Taming Abundance: Doing Digital Archival Research (as Political Scientists) By Diana S. Kim, Georgetown University Political scientists are increasingly using digitized documents from archives. This article is a practical introduction to doing digital archival research. […]

Gender Research in Political Science Journals: A Dataset

September 14, 2022 Comments Off

Gender Research in Political Science Journals: A Dataset By Carolyn Barnett, Princeton University, Michael FitzGerald, Rutgers University, Katie Krumbholz, Rutgers University and Manika Lamba, University of Delhi Research on gender and politics is becoming increasingly […]

Experiences of Scholars Working at the Nexus of Legislative Studies and REP Research: A Message from the Guest Editors

September 12, 2022 Comments Off

Experiences of Scholars Working at the Nexus of Legislative Studies and REP Research: A Message from the Guest Editors By Tiffany D. Barnes, University of Kentucky and Christopher J. Clark, University of North Carolina at […]

Proximity and Political Science: How Distance was Overcome (Partially) by COVID-19

September 12, 2022 Comments Off

Proximity and Political Science: How Distance was Overcome (Partially) by COVID-19 By Erik Gartzke, University of California, San Diego, Benjamin E. Goldsmith, Australian National University, Koji Kagotani, Osaka University of Economics, Soo Yeon Kim, National […]

Political Scientists’ Public Involvement and the Meanings of Democratic Education: Critical Questions from Poland

September 9, 2022 Comments Off

Political Scientists’ Public Involvement and the Meanings of Democratic Education: Critical Questions from Poland By Piotr Forecki, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań and Marcin Starnawski, University of Lower Silesia The populist wave has not spared Poland. […]