American Journal of Political Science

The forthcoming article “Breaking barriers: How an international treaty for women reduces the size of the informal economy” by Chris Gahagan is summarized by the author below. Whether international treaties alter domestic policy has long been an open question in international politics. Some scholars argue that treaties constrain state behavior and meaningfully change domestic outcomes, […]

From: Dan Reiter and Adam Berinsky, Editors-in-Chief We recently clarified our policy regarding the execution of pre-analysis plans and the reporting of supplemental materials. These changes are in line with our general goal of increasing transparency in the reporting of research in AJPS. On May 8, 2026, AJPS posted new policy language, as follows: “Manuscripts […]

The forthcoming article “Climate exposure drives firm political behavior: Evidence from earnings calls and lobbying data” by Christian Baehr, Fiona Bare, and Vincent Heddesheimer is summarized by the author(s) below. As the world races to decarbonize, firms are increasingly on the front lines of climate politics. Some champion bold policies; others resist them. What explains […]

The forthcoming article “Vote buying and negative agenda control: A problem for the study of money in politics” by Andre Van Parys is summarized by the author below. Politicians, pundits, and ordinary citizens frequently argue that money has an outsized influence on U.S. politics. Yet research on the effect of money on politicians’ behavior finds limited effects, especially […]

From: Dan Reiter and Adam Berinsky, Editors-in-Chief Last year, we introduced a set of policies concerning the use of AI at AJPS for both authors and reviewers. We have recently updated these guidelines. The current guidelines are presented below: AI Disclosure Policy for Authors American Journal of Political Science requires that manuscript authors disclose the use […]

The forthcoming article “What exploitation is” by Benjamin Ferguson, Peter Hans Matthews, David Ronayne, and Roberto Veneziani is summarized by the author(s) below.

The forthcoming article “Using large language models to analyze political texts through natural language understanding” by Kenneth Benoit, Scott De Marchi, Conor Laver, Michael Laver, and Jinshuai Ma is summarized by the author(s) below. The forthcoming article “Using large language models to analyze political texts through natural language understanding” by Kenneth Benoit, Scott De Marchi, Conor…

The forthcoming article “You and whose economy? Group-based retrospection in economic voting” by Christoffer Hentzer Dausgaard is summarized by the author below.

From: Dan Reiter and Adam Berinsky, editors-in-chief This post describes new policies at AJPS regarding Correspondence and Corrections. Maintaining an accurate scholarly record is one of the most important responsibilities of a journal. When findings published in AJPS contain significant errors, the discipline is best served when those errors are identified, evaluated, and addressed publicly. Unt…

The forthcoming article “Perversity, futility, complicity: Should democrats participate in autocratic elections?” by Zoltan Miklosi is summarized by the author below.

The forthcoming article “What political theory can learn from conceptual engineering: The case of “corruption”” by Emanuela Ceva and Patrizia Pedrini is summarized by the author(s) below.

The forthcoming article “An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court” by Miles T. Armaly, Jonathan M. King, Elizabeth A. Lane, and Jessica A. Schoenherr is summarized by the author(s) below. The forthcoming article “An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court” by Miles T. Armaly, Jonathan M. King, Elizabeth A. L…

The forthcoming article “The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences” by Theo Serlin is summarized by the author below. Why do cities vote for the left? This pattern, which holds in almost all economically-developed democracies, is puzzling, given that urban voters on average have higher incomes and so should stand to lose in […]

The forthcoming article “A drag on the ticket? Estimating top‐of‐the‐ticket effects on down‐ballot races” by Kevin DeLuca, Daniel J. Moskowitz, and Benjamin Schneer  is summarized by the author(s) below. Do Weak Top-of-the-Ticket Candidates Hurt a Party’s Down-Ballot Candidates? Political strategists, journalists, and scholars of American politics commonly assert that a strong candidate at the to…

The forthcoming article “Grounding the diasporic turn in political theory: Meta-commitment, transnationalism, and political obligation” by Kai Yui Samuel Chan and Anna Closas is summarized by the author(s) below. The study of diaspora has surged across the social sciences over the past few decades. Curiously, this trend has not spread to the field of political […]

The forthcoming article “Learning by lobbying” by Emiel Awad, Gleason Judd, and Nicolás Riquelme is summarized by the author(s) below. Interest groups can lobby more effectively if they understand politicians’ preferences, but public statements and voting records don’t always reveal their true positions. What’s less recognized is that lobbying itself can help reveal that information—and this crea…

The forthcoming article “The electoral politics of immigration and crime” by Jeyhun Alizade is summarized by the author below. Immigration is one of the key issues shaping European politics in the last decades. A particular concern among voters is that it worsens crime problems. Despite the immigration-crime issue’s prominence in public debates and elite rhetoric, […]