Garrett Jones’ article, “When Parents Govern” reframes democratic accountability, arguing that civic duty and personal preferences shape public participation in unexpected ways. Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PublicParticipation #CivicEngagement @uchicagopress.bsky.social

In "Georgia On My Mind", Adrienne Jones explains how Shelby v. Holder (2013) overturned parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, enabling states like Georgia to pass laws that limit minority voting rights. Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #VotingRights #SupremeCourt #PoliSky

Adrienne Jones’ article, “Georgia On My Mind” analyzes the decline of the Second Reconstruction and how recent Supreme Court decisions have weakened voting rights—especially for minority voters. Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #VotingRights #VoterSuppression #PoliSky

Elena Gambino's “Research as Waystation in the Midcentury Homophile Movement" examines homophile groups' interactions with psychiatric authority, tracing a route to freedom and offering fresh insights for queer theory. Read it: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #LGBTQHistory #QueerStudies

Elena Gambino’s “Research as Waystation in the Midcentury Homophile Movement” shows how homophile organizations reshaped the homosexuality narrative, turning audiences from passive observers into active participants. Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #QueerStudies #PoliSky

Our Oct issue includes a “Classics Revisited” on Przeworski’s Capitalism & Social Democracy, 4 excellent research articles, & an “Ask a Political Scientist” interview w/ Robert Meister. Read it: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PoliSky #NowOut #PoliSciResearch @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Our Oct issue cover #NowOut features artist Kelly Popoff’s “Shame.” Part of her "Americana" series, for Popoff, shame is less about cowering regret than an invitation to do differently next time. See it: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2025... #Polisky #PoliSciResearch @kellypopoff.bsky.social

I've been very slowly reading Cedric Robinson's Black Marxism over the past months, and was wondering about how his account holds up in contemporary historiography... then I saw that Kris Sealey, one of my faves, just published this PDF available here: krissealey.com/wp-content/u...

#NowOut our July 2025 issue of Polity, “Intentionally Left Blank” www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2025... #Polisky #Polisci

This issues #AskAPoliticalScientist features an interview with @evaanduiza.bsky.social, professor of Political Science at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and founder of the Democracy, Elections, and Citizenship Research Group.

In “Staging Political Authenticity: Does The Same Strategy Fit All?” Christina Holtz-Bacha explores the challenges that female politicians face when it comes to the performance of political authenticity. You can read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Emil Francis and @bittner.bsky.social's article “Who’s ‘Really’ Authentic? The Role of Race, Gender, and Party in Shaping Perceptions of Candidate Authenticity” evaluates public perceptions of Canadian MPs. You can read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

In “Who Values Political Authenticity? The Antecedents and Electoral Consequences of Voters’ Preference for Authentic Politicians,” Simon M. Luebke and Dennis Steffan develop research on the relationship between political authenticity and voting behavior.

Marques G. Zárate’s “Opportunistic Behavior and Its Effect on Perceptions of Pandering” investigates the impact of political opportunism on candidate evaluations by manipulating examples of a US candidate strategically relocating to a district where they have a better chance at winning.

In “The Impact of Politicians’ Populist Performance on Perceived Political Authenticity,” Haye Stein, Simon M. Luebke, and @inesengelmann.bsky.social analyze how populist performance by politicians may affect perceptions of their authenticity. Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Diego Ceccobelli and Arianna Colombo’s paper “Political Leaders or Social Media Influencers? The Cases of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Chiara Ferragni” extends the application of the triangle of leadership theory.

In “The Authentic A**hole: Candidate Consistency, Causality, and the Vote,” @sofiabrei.bsky.social, @johnkenny.bsky.social, @jaclarner.bsky.social, Dieter Stiers, and Michael S. Lewis-Beck make use of a survey vignette experiment in Britain.

In “Why Trump? Candidate Authenticity, Trust in Government, and Primary Elections”, Dena Levy and Charles Tien argue that political authenticity has been part and parcel of US presidential politics for the past five decades. You can read the piece here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

In the first article of our April issue, “The ‘Reality’ of Campaign Production Strategy: What We Talk About When We Talk About Political Authenticity,” Michael Serazio traces the roots of contemporary political authenticity in US Politics. Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Check out the Guest Editors' Note from our April Issue, written by @johnkenny.bsky.social , @sofiabrei.bsky.social , and Michael S. Lewis-Beck. It is available here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/curr...

Our April issue cover #NowOut features artwork by Iowa based artist Thomas Agran. The cover shows two bovines staring each other down. Which one will win the prize and get to savor the turnip dangling before them? You can read the April issue here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/curr...

In January's #ClassicsRevisited, we asked seven authors to reflect on the enduring significance of Iris Marion Young’s “Justice and the Politics of Difference”, first published in 1990.

In January's #ClassicsRevisited, we asked seven authors to reflect on the enduring significance of Iris Marion Young’s “Justice and the Politics of Difference”, first published in 1990. You can read all seven reflections & an introduction by Alyson Cole here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/curr...

Denis Young’s “Thoughtlessness in the Age of Homeland Security: Race, Surveillance, and Bureaucratic Violence in Immigration Enforcement” examines the internal logics the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) uses to legitimate the use of intrusive technologies to surveil immigrant populations.

Imagination is the central theme of this volume’s lead article, “The Age of Melancholy: The Imagination in the History of Modern Political Thought” by Michael Sonenscher.

Check out the Editors' Note for our January issue, available for free here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Our January issue cover #NowOut is Chris Roberts-Antieau’s “Party on the Moon”. With people dressed in natty blue hats and velour olive blazers, the party looks like a delightful place to spend an evening. You can read the January issue here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/curr...

Alicia Steinmetz’s “Why the Imaginary Needs the Imagination” begins with the observation that theories of the imagination have developed at a distance from theories of “social” or “political” imaginaries.

In the lead article for our October issue, Eric MacGilvray reads Herman Melville’s Billy Budd as commentary on the theory of sovereignty that Thomas Hobbes lays out in Leviathan. Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Check out the Editors' Note for our October issue, available for free here: @uchicagopress.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

Polity’s October cover #NowOut features artwork by Bob Eckstein. The image depicts a wealthy suburban or small-town neighborhood, a large single-family home, with a wrap-around porch.

Some people have asked why Polity’s handle is @PolityalsBeruf. It’s a gesture to the title of Max Weber’s seminal 1919 lecture, “Politics as a Vocation” which in German is “Politik als Beruf.” So Polity is our vocation!

The cover of our July issue, #NowOut, features a painting with a bold and haunting aesthetic by Kelly Popoff. The canvas - painted with heavy strokes of gray, with bits of blue, yellow, and pink mixed in - complicates the painting’s setting.

Polity's April 2024 issue features a painting by Chris Raschka that shows a vibrant city street in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, near the location of the Red Apple Boycott (the focus of Bitter Fruit, the theme of our Classic Revisited). www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2024...

Shane Drinkwater's artwork perfectly captures the spirit of our Polity’s January 2024 issue. Composed of many layers, it allows us to imagine different worlds, distant pasts, and the future we are racing toward. Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2024...

The cover of Polity's October 2023 issue features artwork by Matteo Pericoli. In hues of orange and blue, Pericoli sketched an image familiar to those of us who live in New York City. Read the issue here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2023...

The July 2023 issue of Polity features Huguette Marte’s portrait of the preeminent political theorist, Hanna Pitkin. Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2023...

Polity's April 2023 cover features artwork designed by Bob Eckstein. The issue contains a symposium on SCOTUS, articles on ballot measures, settler-colonialism, race & ethnicity biases in school suspensions, & more! Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2023...

The Polity January 2023 cover features Katherine Hattam’s beautiful piece titled “A Month of Sundays." You can read the issue here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2023...

Polity’s October 2022 issue features a cover dedicated to fantastic contributions by political scientists from across the discipline. You can read their contributions here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2022...

Polity’s July 2022 issue cover features an image of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, his eyes masked by the number of COVID-19 deaths that he simply refused to see. You can read the issue here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2022...

The cover of Polity’s April 2022 issue features Kimberly Bush's 1992 watercolor "The Dreamer." With her warm, vibrant colors matching the title of the issue "Dreaming Differently," you can read the contributions here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2022...

Polity’s January 2022 issue cover features artwork from Alfredo Garzon. We thank him for allowing us to use his work with our issue on "The Authoritarian Personality." Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2022...

Polity’s October 2021 issue cover features Ivan Asher's cartoon about the #classicsrevisted feature on Rawl's #ATheoryofJustice. You can read the issue here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2021...

Polity’s July 2021 cover features an image by Helen Zughaib, a multimedia artist based in Washington, DC. The image is part of a collection entitled Migrations, a series of paintings inspired by the refugees from the war in Syria. Read the issue here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2021...

The cover of Polity’s April 2021 issue features Ruben Bolling's "Busy, Busy Day in Trump's America". Read the issue here here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2021...

Polity's January 2021 cover, "COVID Sisyphus," was created by the former president of the CUNY Graduate Center, Robin Garrell. Read the issue here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2021...