Politics
Published in Association with Political Studies Association
Published on behalf of the Political Studies Association
eISSN:
14679256 | ISSN:
02633957 | Current volume: 44 | Current issue: 3
Frequency: Quarterly
Politics is a generalist journal that aims to engage with the breadth of the political studies profession including academic researchers, teachers and practitioners. It publishes original research and pedagogical scholarship that advance debates in politics, political theory and international studies as well as work that challenges boundaries within the field. Politics articles will clearly show the innovative nature of their contribution as well as the debate(s) they speak to or initiate. While the research articles will often present novel empirical data, we expect that they will make significant conceptual and/or theoretical contributions to the debates they address. All research articles will show how their insights challenge both academic and non-academic audiences to see problems in politics and international relations in a new light as well as offer innovative solutions. Politics is pluralist with regards to approaches, theories, methods, and empirical foci.
Please see the Aims and Scope tab for further information about the types of contributions published.
Please click here to see our Special Issue and Symposia Proposal submission guidelines: https://journals.sagepub.com/page/pol/collections/special-issues-symposia
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
The PSA acknowledges the prevalence of systemic bias and unequal power dynamics within academia and publishing. The PSA believes that the promotion of equality and diversity should be core values for the practice of politics as well as the study, teaching and writing of politics. We are passionate about supporting inclusion in the academy and wider society through our publishing activities.
Working with our journal editors and publishing partner SAGE, we are doing this by:
- Publishing and amplifying content from diverse, global perspectives, including women, scholars of colour, LGBTQIA+ people, disabled people, and historically marginalised communities.
- Working to increase diversity of our journals’ editorial boards, peer review processes and author bases.
- Ensuring that our content and communications are inclusive and accessible, challenging bias and stereotypes.
Read more about the PSA’s commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
Read more about the minimum standards for inclusion and diversity for scholarly publishing developed by the RSC cross-publisher group (which includes SAGE as a member)
Special Issues and Symposia
Politics invites proposals for special issues and symposia. We review proposals for Special Issues and Symposia on a rolling basis and aim to provide an answer within two weeks from submission.
Those interested in proposing special issues and forums should fill in the form here: https://journals.sagepub.com/page/pol/collections/special-issues-symposia and send it to Sergiu Gherghina (sergiu.gherghina@glasgow.ac.uk).
Politics is a generalist journal that aims to engage with the breadth of the political studies profession including academic researchers, teachers and practitioners. It publishes original research and pedagogical scholarship that advance debates in politics, political theory and international studies as well as work that challenges boundaries within the field. Politics articles will clearly show the innovative nature of their contribution as well as the debate(s) they speak to or initiate. While the research articles will often present novel empirical data, we expect that they will make significant conceptual and/or theoretical contributions to the debates they address. All research articles will show how their insights challenge both academic and non-academic audiences to see problems in politics and international relations in a new light as well as offer innovative solutions. Politics is pluralist with regards to approaches, theories, methods, and empirical foci.
Politics publishes four types of contributions:
• Research articles: original, research-based articles on politics, political theory or international relations (maximum 10,000 words including references and appendices). Submissions should draw on state of the art research to show historical or contemporary politics in a new light. We expect such articles to be more than simply the application of a theoretical framework to an empirical case: they should show how the interplay of research, empirical analysis and/or normative frameworks advance the field and shed new light on prominent debates in the discipline and relevant subfields. Research articles can be submitted as stand-alone pieces or as part of special issues. For special issue guidelines, please check Special Issues and Symposia.
• Scholarship of Learning and Teaching articles: articles engaging with pedagogical innovations and the challenges of learning and teaching in politics and international relations (maximum 10,000 words including references and appendices). These articles should be based on rigorous pedagogical scholarship that engages in theoretically informed and/or evidence-based research on the teaching of politics and international studies. We are open to articles that provide accounts of teaching innovation producing mixed results as long as the analysis of these results advances pedagogical research in politics and international studies. Learning and Teaching articles can be submitted as stand-alone pieces or as part of special issues. For special issue guidelines, please check Special Issues and Symposia.
• Notes that can be research-oriented or teaching and learning-related (maximum 5,000 words each including references and appendices). These can be shorter empirically-informed but less developed practice-based notes, comments on current research, methodologies, teaching practices / developments in political science and international relations learning and teaching.
• Article submitted as part of a symposium (of 4-5 articles), which can be research articles, teaching and learning articles or timely responses to contemporary political developments (maximum 4,000 words each including references and appendices). Symposium articles should be original, innovative articles that either substantially advance existing debates, set the agenda for new avenues of research in politics or international relations or use disciplinary insights to comment on contemporary political developments or controversies. We expect the articles to be presented in an accessible fashion (as far as possible given the content) to as wide an audience as possible. We place a premium on generalisable insights that speak across boundaries in the field. For symposium proposal guidelines, please check Special Issue and Symposia.
Editors-in-Chief
Sergiu Gherghina | University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Kelly Kollman | University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Niccole Pamphilis | University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Bernhard Reinsberg | University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Deputy Editors
Rhys Crilley | University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Karen Wright | University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Editors
Cristopher Carman | University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Andrew Judge | University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Neil Munro | University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Patricia Rossini | University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Myrto Tsakatika | University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Editorial Assistant
Catherine Hyland | Goldsmiths, University of London, UK |
Editorial Board
Martina Tazzioli | University of Bologna, Italy |
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | University of York, UK |
Claudia Aradau | King’s College, London, UK |
Neema Begum | University of Nottingham, UK |
Clayton Chin | University of Melbourne, Australia |
Andrew Gamble | University of Sheffield, UK |
Adam Hanieh | University of Exeter, UK |
Theresa Man Ling Lee | University of Guelph, Canada |
Sandro Mezzadra | University of Bologna, Italy |
Jeanne Morefield | University of Oxford, UK |
Ayesha Omar | Witwatersrand University, South Africa |
Rahul Rao | SOAS, UK |
Robbie Shilliam | Johns Hopkins, USA |
Ki-young Shin | Ochanomizu University, Japan |
Melody Ellis Valdini | Portland State University, USA |
Njoki Wamai | United States International University, Kenya |
Yaacov Yadgar | University of Oxford, UK |
Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.