Political Science

A guide to resources for researching government and political science

The Big 3 -- Top General-Interest Journals in Political Science

The American Political Science Review

  • The flagship journal of political science.
  • General content, covering all subfields. Published by the American Political Science Association.

American Journal of Political Science

  • A general journal with a strong quantitative bent.
  • Published by the Midwest Political Science Association

Journal of Politics

  • Published by the Southern Political Science Association
 

Political Theory

History of Political Thought

  • A quarterly journal which was launched in 1980 to fill a genuine academic need for a forum for work in this multi-disciplinary area.
  • The journal is devoted exclusively to the historical study of political ideas and associated methodological problems.
  • The primary focus is on research papers, with extensive book reviews and bibliographic surveys also included.

Journal of Political Philosophy

  • An international journal devoted to the study of theoretical issues arising out of moral, legal and political life.
  • It welcomes, and hopes to foster, work cutting across a variety of disciplinary concerns, among them philosophy, sociology, history, economics and political science.

Philosophy & Public Affairs

  • Designed to fill the need for a venue in which philosophers with different viewpoints and philosophically inclined writers from various disciplines-including law, political science, economics, and sociology-can bring their distinctive methods to bear on problems that concern everyone.

Political Theory

  • The leading forum for the development and exchange of political ideas.
  • Broad in scope and international in coverage, PT publishes articles on political philosophy from every philosophical, ideological and methodological perspective.
  • Articles address historical political thought, modern political theory, normative and analytical philosophy, the history of ideas and critical assessments of current work.

Comparative Politics

Comparative Politics

  • An international journal that publishes scholarly articles devoted to the comparative analysis of political institutions and behavior.
  • Founded in 1968 to further the development of comparative political theory and the application of comparative theoretical analysis to the empirical investigation of political issues.

Comparative Political Studies

  • Journal articles discuss innovative work on comparative methodology, theory, and research from around the world with important implications for the formation of domestic and foreign policies.

Legislative Studies Quarterly

  • Intends to disseminate scholarly work on parliaments and legislatures, their relations to other political institutions, their functions in the political system, and the activities of their members both within the institution and outside.
  • The editors encourage contributors to emphasize the cross-national implications of their findings, even if these findings are based on research within a single country.

Latin American Research Review

  • The premier interdisciplinary journal publishes original research and surveys of current research on Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Interdisciplinary offerings offer new directions of knowledge creation in areas such as cultural studies, Latino issues and transnationalism, all of which increasingly intersect with Latin America in ways that are intellectually challenging and illuminating.

Studies in Comparative International Development

  • An interdisciplinary journal that addresses issues concerning political, social, economic, and environmental change in local, national, and international contexts.
  • Among its major emphases are political and state institutions; the effects of a changing international economy; political-economic models of growth and distribution; and the transformation of social structure and culture.

International Relations

International Organization

  • Covers the entire field of international affairs, including:
    • foreign policies
    • international relations
    • international and comparative political economy
    • security policies
    • environmental disputes and resolutions
    • regional integration
    • alliance patterns and war
    • bargaining and conflict resolution
    • economic development and adjustment
    • international capital movements

World Politics

  • Originally founded in 1948, World Politics publishes research articles that make theoretical and empirical contributions to the literature,,article reviews, and research notes bearing on problems in international relations and comparative politics.

European Journal of International Relations

  • Although this journal neither represents a particular school or approach, nor is it restricted to any particular methodology, it seeks to strengthen ties with cognate areas in social science and beyond, in particular with international history, international law, and international economics.

Foreign Affairs

  • The leading forum for serious discussion of American foreign policy and international affairs.
  • It is published by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), a non-profit and nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to improving the understanding of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs through the free exchange of ideas.

International Security

  • Articles primarily address traditional topics such as war and peace, as well as more recent dimensions of security, including the growing importance of environmental, demographic, and humanitarian issues, and the rise of global terrorist networks.

American Politics

American Politics Research

  • Serving for more than thirty years as an integral forum for the dissemination of the latest theory, research, and analysis in all areas of American politics, including local, state, and national.

Studies in American Political Development

  • Publishes scholarship on political change and institutional development in the United States from a variety of theoretical viewpoints.
  • Articles focus on governmental institutions over time and on their social, economic, and cultural setting.
  • In-depth presentation in a longer format allows contributors to elaborate on the complex patterns of state-society relations.

Presidential Studies Quarterly

  • An indispensable resource for understanding the U.S. presidency; offers articles, features, review essays, and book reviews covering all aspects of the American presidency.

State Politics & Policy Quarterly

  • SPPQ publishes high quality academic studies that develop and test general hypotheses of political behavior and policymaking, exploiting the unique advantages of the states.

State & Local Government Review

  • Provides a forum for the exchange of ideas among practitioners and academics that contributes to the knowledge and practice of state and local government politics, policy, and management.
 

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