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American Journal of Political Science (AJPS)
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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: Adam Berinsky and Dan Reiter. .. more

Dan Reiter is an American political scientist. He is currently the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor at the Department of Political Science at Emory University.

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The AJPS will take a brief hiatus from Dec 12 (5 PM ET) to Jan 6 (12 AM ET). New or revised manuscripts won’t be accepted, and review status of previously submitted manuscripts won’t be visible - but reviews can still be submitted and decisions will continue.

Learning by lobbying by Emiel Awad, Gleason Judd, and Nicolás Riquelme is now available in Early View.
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The latest issue of the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS 69:4 October 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....
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The electoral politics of immigration and crime by Jeyhun Alizade is now available in Early View. @jeyalizade.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/10/01/t...

Classification algorithms and social outcomes by Elizabeth Maggie Penn and John W. Patty is now available in Early View. @jwpatty.bluesky.social ajps.org/2025/09/17/c...

The nation-state, non-Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference is now available in Early View. @loubnaelamine.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/09/15/t...

Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville

Change in migrants’ political attitudes: Acculturation and cosmopolitanization is now available in Early View. @evakrejcova.bsky.social @filipkostelka.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/09/12/c...

Competitive diplomacy in bargaining and war by Joseph J. Ruggiero is now available in Early View. @jruggiero.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/08/18/c...

Balancing bossism: State expansion in the face of elite capture by Anna F. Callis and Christopher L. Carter is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2025/08/13/b...

The AJPS will take a hiatus from 8/15 at 5:00 PM - 9/8 at 12:00 AM EST. During this time, we won't accept new/revised manuscripts and you will not be able to see the review status of previously submitted manuscripts. You'll be able to submit reviews and we will make decisions during this break.

Recent changes to the AJPS Conflict of Interest policy have been outlined on the Editor's Blog, available here: ajps.org/2025/08/08/c...
Changes to AJPS Conflict of Interest Policy
From: Dan Reiter and Adam Berinsky, editors-in-chief This post describes a policy change for Conflict of Interest (COI) policies pertaining to potential reviewers of manuscripts submitted to AJPS. …
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The latest issue of the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS 69:3 July 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...
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States, cities, and border control: Do sub-state collectives have a right to protect vulnerable people on the move? by Kim Angell is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2025/06/30/s...

Unpacking the role of in-group bias in US public opinion on human rights violations by Rebecca Cordell is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2025/06/25/u...

The logic of secret alliances by Peter Bils and Bradley C. Smith is now available in Early View. @bradsmithunc.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/06/23/t...

We’re excited to announce that AJPS is officially open following the successful transition to our new editorial team. We are now accepting new and revised manuscript submissions. Thank you for your patience during this transition period; we look forward to your contributions!

Complementarity in alliances: How strategic compatibility and hierarchy promote efficient cooperation in international security by J. Andrés Gannon is now available in Early View. @agannon.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/06/02/c...

Reposted by Carles Boix

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.

Reposted by Jeff Carter

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...

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...

Reposted by Cyrus Samii

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...
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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...

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...