American Journal of Political Science (AJPS)
The AJPS is the official journal of the MPSA, committed to significant advances in knowledge and understanding of citizenship, governance, and politics, and to the public value of political science research. Co-Editors: Kathleen Dolan, Jennifer L. Lawless.
- Brook no compromise: How to negotiate a united front by Elaine Yao is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2025/05/12/b...
- Strategic litigation as a challenge for deliberative democracy by Svenja Ahlhaus is now available in Early View. @svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/05/07/s...
- Global competition, local unions, and political representation: Disentangling mechanisms by Michael Becher and Daniel Stegmueller is now available in Early View. @iepolisci.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/05/05/g...
- The American Journal of Political Science will be closed from May 31 at 11:59 PM EST to June 18 at 12:00 AM EST for an editorial transition. New/revised submissions and review status updates will be unavailable, but reviews can still be submitted and editorial decisions will continue.
- Shifting power, interstate war, and domestic politics by Scott Wolford and Yuji Masumura is now available in Early View. @thescottwolford.bsky.social @yujimasumura.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/04/30/s...
- Partisan sorting, fatalism, and Supreme Court legitimacy by Nicholas T. Davis and Matthew P. Hitt is now available in Early View. @matthewhitt.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/04/28/p...
- Speaking their language?: Multilingualism in party communication across democracies by Taishi Muraoka, Dahjin Kim, Christopher Lucas, Jacob Montgomery, and Margit Tavits is now available in Early View. @jacobmontgomery.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/04/23/s...
- How the State Discourages Vigilantism—Evidence From a Field Experiment in South Africa by Anna M. Wilke is now available in Early View. @awilke.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/04/21/h...
- The latest issue of the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS 69:2 April 2025) is now available in the Wiley Online Library. MPSA members can view the full issue after logging in here: journal.mpsanet.org/american-jou...
- Tracing the “true liberalism”: F. A. Hayek as a reader of Tocqueville by Gianna Englert is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2025/04/16/t...
- The ethics of responding to democratic backsliding abroad by James Pattison is now available in Early View. @jamespattison.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/04/14/t...
- Can Americans’ trust in local news be trusted? The emergence, sources, and implications of the local news trust advantage by Erik Peterson, Joshua P. Darr, Maxwell B. Allamong and Michael Henderson is now available in Early View. @joshuadarr.bsky.social @ricepolisci.bsky.social ow.ly/y8VC50VzauM
- National identity after conquest by Christopher Carter and Daniel W. Gingerich is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2025/03/27/n...
- Enchanted democracy: Religion and democratic thought in nineteenth-century Latin America by Michael S. Thomas is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2025/03/18/e...
- An anatomy of worldmaking: Sukarno and anticolonialism from post-Bandung Indonesia by Say Jye Quah is now available in Early View. @quahsayjye.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/03/13/a...
- Using cross-encoders to measure the similarity of short texts in political science by Gechun Lin is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2025/03/11/u...
- Compulsory Voting Increases Men’s Turnout Most by Shane P. Singh is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2025/03/06/c...
- Why parties can benefit from promoting occupational diversity in legislatures: Experimental evidence from three countries by Mia Costa and Miguel M. Pereira is now available in Early View. @miacosta.bsky.social @miguelpereira.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/02/26/w...
- Making the other side mad: How out-group distaste benefits less competent candidates by Joshua A. Strayhorn is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2025/02/06/m...
- Alienation, equality, and multifaith establishment by Andrew Shorten is now available in Early View. @andrewshorten.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/02/04/a...
- Populism and the rule of law: The importance of institutional legacies by Andreas Kyriacou and Pedro Trivin is now available in Early View. @andreaspkyriacou.bsky.social @pedrotrivin.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/01/21/p...
- The latest issue of the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS 69:1 January 2025) is now available in the Wiley Online Library. MPSA members can view the full issue after logging in here: journal.mpsanet.org/american-jou...
- Can norm-based information campaigns reduce corruption? by Aaron Erlich and Jordan Gans-Morse is now available in Early View. @aaronerlich.bsky.social @jgansmorse.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/01/15/c...
- Designing Confucian democracy: A semi-parliamentarian framework by Zhichao Tong is now available in Early View. @zhichaotong.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/12/30/d...
- Rethinking the imperative mandate: Toward a better balance between independence and accountability by Pierre-Étienne Vandamme is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2024/12/19/r...
- Race, shaming, and international human rights by Zoltán I. Búzás and Lotem Bassan-Nygate is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2024/12/16/r...
- Geographies of discontent: Public service deprivation and the rise of the far right in Italy by Simone Cremaschi, Paula Rettl, Marco Cappelluti, and Catherine E. De Vries is now available in Early View. @marcocappelluti.bsky.social @simonecremaschi.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/12/12/g...
- The institutional foundations of the power to persuade by Carlo Prato and Ian R. Turner is now available in Early View. @carloprato.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/12/10/t...
- Polarization in police union politics by Jennifer Gaudette is now available in Early View. @jengaudette.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/12/04/p...
- The AJPS is taking a brief hiatus from 12/13 at 11:59 PM to 1/13 at 12:00 AM EST. We won't accept new/revised manuscripts and you won't be able to see the review status of previously submitted manuscripts. You will be able to submit reviews and we will continue to make decisions during the break.
- Economic risk perceptions and willingness to learn about globalization: A field experiment with migrants and other underprivileged groups in Vietnam by Niccolò W. Bonifai, Edmund J. Malesky, and Nita Rudra is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2024/11/20/e...
- Strategic state violence and migration in conflict by Jessica S. Sun is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2024/10/21/s...
- When you come at the king: Opposition coalitions and nearly stunning elections by Oren Samet is now available in Early View. @osamet.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/10/17/w...
- Abolishing structural domination: US Reconstruction and the double bind of emancipation by Michael Gorup is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2024/10/15/a...
- Authoritarian cue effect of state repression by Jiangnan Zhu, Steve Bai, Siqin Kang, Juan Wang, and Kaixiao Liu is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2024/10/10/a...
- The latest issue of the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS 68:4 October 2024) is now available in the Wiley Online Library. MPSA members can view the full issue after logging in here: journal.mpsanet.org/american-jou....
- Persuasion in veto bargaining by Jenny S. Kim, Kyungmin Kim, and Richard Van Weelden is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2024/09/17/p...
- Fiscal legibility and state development: Theory and evidence from colonial Mexico by Francisco Garfias and Emily A. Sellars is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2024/09/09/f...
- When politicians behave badly: Political, democratic, and social consequences of political incivility by Troels Bøggild and Carsten Jensen is now available in Early View. @tboeggild.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/08/12/w...
- Banking bad? A global field experiment on risk, reward, and regulation by Michael G. Findley, Daniel L. Nielson, and J. C. Sharman is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2024/08/05/b...
- From powerholders to stakeholders: State-building with elite compensation in early medieval China by Joy Chen, Erik H. Wang, and Xiaoming Zhang is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2024/07/31/f...
- The latest issue of the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS 68:3 July 2024) is now available in the Wiley Online Library. MPSA members can view the full issue after logging in here: t.co/mNGuR3kkBv
- The AJPS is taking a brief hiatus & will close from 8/16 (11:59 PM EDT) to 9/9 (12:00 AM EDT). During this time, we won't accept new/revised manuscripts & you won't be able to see the review status of manuscripts. You can still submit reviews & we will continue to make decisions.
- Interested in learning how you might become the next editors of AJPS? Join current co-editors to discuss admin of the journal, staff/resources provided, and creative ways for your institution to support your bid, on Friday, July 12th at 12:30 PM ET here: us06web.zoom.us/j/83283240794
- Race, legislative speech, and symbolic representation in Congress by Arjun Vishwanath is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2024/06/27/r...
- Informational lobbying and commercial diplomacy by Calvin Thrall is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2024/06/26/i...
- The American Journal of Political Science is one of the leading general research journals in Political Science. The MPSA is currently inviting proposals from editorial teams to lead and manage the journal, with a term beginning in June 2025. View the full RFP here: ow.ly/T3GJ50Spm7M
- The politics of rejection: Explaining Chinese import refusals by Sung Eun Kim, Rebecca L. Perlman, and Grace Zeng is now available in Early View. @sungeunkim.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/06/24/t...
- Encouraging loyalty and defection: The impact of campaigns on tactical voting in Britain by Lucas Núñez is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2024/06/20/e...
- Trains, trade, and transformation: A spatial Rogowski theory of America’s 19th-century protectionism by Kenneth Scheve and Theo Serlin is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2024/06/08/t...
