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De Gruyter and American Political Science Association (APSA) Announces Partnership Agreement on New Political Science Professional Development Book Series
WASHINGTON D.C. — FEBRUARY 13, 2024
De Gruyter and the American Political Science Association (APSA) are pleased to announce agreement on a cooperation partnership to publish two new book series: The De Gruyter-APSA Teaching Civic Engagement Series and The De Gruyter-APSA Political Science Professional Development Series.
- The De Gruyter-APSA Teaching Civic Engagement Series will publish must-have texts that offer unique, comprehensive, and applied research in support of civic engagement pedagogy globally, to help faculty to prepare students with the knowledge, skills, values, and confidence they need to be active, engaged citizens.
- The De Gruyter-APSA Political Science Professional Development Series will publish essential texts on professional development topics for those navigating the academic life cycle in political science from graduate school to academic and applied careers and beyond.
In its many activities, APSA plays a key role both in advancing civic engagement and in supporting current and aspiring political scientists on their career paths. Books in these Book Series will continue to serve these audiences well.
“Providing resources for teaching and learning, civic engagement and professional development for political scientists is a key part of APSA’s mission. We are delighted to be partnering with a historic publisher like De Gruyter on these new book series to expand our offering and reach of these titles for our members and the entire discipline.” — Steven Rathgeb Smith, APSA Executive Director
De Gruyter’s growing Social Sciences Program is rapidly building up its own global English-language political science publishing program. Books in the program address contemporary and applied concerns, embrace interdisciplinarity, and feature books that make an impact in American politics, international politics, and broad political studies.
With 270 years of experience, De Gruyter is one of the leading global academic publishers, internationally renowned for publishing the critical editions of great philosophers such as Kant, Marx, and Nietzsche, and serving an ever-growing academic community worldwide. Through the Institutional Partner program, De Gruyter is a trusted partner to support the goals, values, and brand of centers, societies, and organizations like the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College and Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University.
“We are proud to publish these new Book Series together with the American Political Science Association. The partnership with APSA is a key milestone in our North America plan and we are so pleased to be working with such an esteemed scholarly society to advance their mission and ours.”
— Gerhard Boomgaarden, Editorial Director for Social Sciences at De Gruyter
About the American Political Science Association: Founded in 1903, the American Political Science Association (APSA) is the leading professional organization for the study of political science and serves more than 10,000 members in more than 100 countries. With a range of programs and services for individuals, departments, and institutions, APSA brings together political scientists from all fields of inquiry, regions, and occupational endeavors within and outside academe to deepen our understanding of politics, democracy, and citizenship throughout the world. The Association promotes a lively, diverse community of scholars, teachers, students, and practitioners who bring wide-ranging interests, methodologies, and perspectives to the analysis and conduct of government and politics. For more information, visit: www.apsanet.org.
About De Gruyter: Headquartered in Berlin since 1749 — and with offices in Boston, Beijing and across Europe — family-owned academic publisher De Gruyter uses its global reach to promote, disseminate and advance knowledge. Its portfolio makes De Gruyter one of the world’s largest and most reputable humanities publishers while extending to subject areas like natural and social sciences, economics, technology, mathematics, architecture, design and more. De Gruyter publishes over 120 gold open access journals and is one of the largest independent open access book publishers. A partner and provider of publishing services to top-tier universities, academic societies and publishers, De Gruyter also distributes the complete digital collections of some of the world’s most renowned scholarly presses through its University Press Library. The award-winning website degruyter.com hosts the complete De Gruyter collection since 1749 and research published by De Gruyter’s imprints and partners. Over 150,000 eBooks and 850,000 journal articles make degruyter.com one of the most comprehensive digital platforms for high-class scholarly content in the world. For more information, visit: www.degruyter.com.