Pub Date : 2022-11-25DOI: 10.1017/S104909652200110X
Evelyn M. Simien, S. Wallace
This article summarizes the literature on exclusion and disproportionate service faced by women academics and faculty of color in political science. Recommendations based on this scholarship will inform provosts, deans, directors, and other institutional actors who recognize the need for documenting structural inequities and investing in high-impact, long-term solutions. If the discipline wants to diversify its membership, knowing the experiences of exclusion and disproportionate service that result in negative outcomes for women academics and faculty of color is essential to achieve that goal (Alexander-Floyd 2008, 2015; Sinclair-Chapman 2015).
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Pub Date : 2022-11-25DOI: 10.1017/S1049096522001159
Cyril Ghosh, Hongying Wang
This contribution to the symposium focuses on implicit bias, microaggression, and bullying. These forms of conduct are oppressive and have their most egregious effects on scholars who might be said to be on the “margins”1 of the discipline, including racial and ethnic minorities; women of all races and ethnicities; the LGBTQþ identified; (especially new) immigrants; individuals living with disabilities; and others whose identities are despised or devalorized bymanymembers of dominant social groups.2 The analysis draws on extant research and an exploratory study that includes a survey3 and elite interviews conducted during the summer and early fall of 2021.4 This study asks whether and to what extent there is a systemic problem of implicit bias, microaggression, and bullying that political science scholars must negotiate. To be sure, extant studies have addressed related questions. Mershon and Walsh (2015, 459) have reported that “pervasive stereotypes are perpetuated by the attitudes and practices of both women and men, who reward those who hew most closely to white, heterosexual, masculine, and middle-class norms.”Hesli Claypool and Mershon (2016) explored the relationship between the degree of departmental diversity and the friendliness, collegiality, and productivity of the associated faculty. A 2017 American Political Science Association (APSA) survey indicated that approximately one third of respondents had experienced some form of harassment during the previous four APSA Annual Meetings (Sapiro and Campbell 2018). Our study, based on a national survey and elite interviews, broadened the investigation beyond the annual meetings to cover the climate and context within departments. It also deepened the inquiry by reporting the testimony of individuals who accepted the survey’s invitation to provide detailed narratives in open-ended replies.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-11DOI: 10.1017/S1049096522000750
Alexandre Fortier-Chouinard, M. Bodet, F. Gélineau, J. Savoie, Mathieu Ouimet
ABSTRACT Mail-delivered get-out-the-vote (GOTV) field experiments have been found to increase voter turnout in some but not all contexts. We hypothesize that mail-delivered GOTV interventions are more successful in low-salience elections and test this in a systematic way for the first time. Relying on a systematic literature review and a meta-regression framework, we find that primary elections have a strong and significant positive impact on the success of mail-delivered GOTV interventions, whereas other commonly used measures of election salience, such as voter turnout, margin of victory, and a dummy for local elections, do not. These results highlight the possibility of fostering voter turnout using GOTV mail messages, especially in primary elections.
{"title":"Getting the Message Out: Why Mail-Delivered GOTV Interventions Succeed or Fail","authors":"Alexandre Fortier-Chouinard, M. Bodet, F. Gélineau, J. Savoie, Mathieu Ouimet","doi":"10.1017/S1049096522000750","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096522000750","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Mail-delivered get-out-the-vote (GOTV) field experiments have been found to increase voter turnout in some but not all contexts. We hypothesize that mail-delivered GOTV interventions are more successful in low-salience elections and test this in a systematic way for the first time. Relying on a systematic literature review and a meta-regression framework, we find that primary elections have a strong and significant positive impact on the success of mail-delivered GOTV interventions, whereas other commonly used measures of election salience, such as voter turnout, margin of victory, and a dummy for local elections, do not. These results highlight the possibility of fostering voter turnout using GOTV mail messages, especially in primary elections.","PeriodicalId":48096,"journal":{"name":"Ps-Political Science & Politics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75623188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-02DOI: 10.1017/S1049096522001196
Richard Johnson, Lisa L. Miller
{"title":"The Conservative Policy Bias of US Senate Malapportionment—CORRIGENDUM","authors":"Richard Johnson, Lisa L. Miller","doi":"10.1017/S1049096522001196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096522001196","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48096,"journal":{"name":"Ps-Political Science & Politics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79591755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-24DOI: 10.1017/S1049096522001093
Maruice Mangum
ABSTRACT This article describes my experiences in collaborating with undergraduate students on research projects, including published works in peer-reviewed outlets. The article discusses the courses and assignments that engendered the collaborations and compares the institutions and students. By describing several significant similarities and differences, I compare and contrast white students in The Midwest at Predominantly White Institutions with African American students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in The South.
{"title":"Collaborating on Research with Undergraduate Students: A Comparative Institutional-Racial Analysis","authors":"Maruice Mangum","doi":"10.1017/S1049096522001093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096522001093","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article describes my experiences in collaborating with undergraduate students on research projects, including published works in peer-reviewed outlets. The article discusses the courses and assignments that engendered the collaborations and compares the institutions and students. By describing several significant similarities and differences, I compare and contrast white students in The Midwest at Predominantly White Institutions with African American students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in The South.","PeriodicalId":48096,"journal":{"name":"Ps-Political Science & Politics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76849298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-13DOI: 10.1017/S1049096522001172
Alesha Porisky, Aarie Glas
ABSTRACT There is a growing consensus around both the importance of researcher positionality for the conduct of research and the intersectional and variable salience of positionality and its effects. However, at the same time, static assumptions of “insider” and “outsider” status prevail. This article presents a productive and two-fold intervention in these discussions. First, we show that the insider/outsider distinction is fraught on logistical and conceptual grounds. Relying on our experiences in conducting interview research from rural villages to diplomatic offices, we show that these elements of status are fluid and dynamic. Second, we suggest an alternative to this dichotomy through the aspirational status of a “credible visitor.” We define this as a performative aspect of positionality founded on humility and reflexivity and enacted through showcasing competence and engaging in transparency. We describe how this approach to performing status may facilitate access as well as fruitful and ethical research interactions.
{"title":"Insiders, Outsiders, and Credible Visitors in Research","authors":"Alesha Porisky, Aarie Glas","doi":"10.1017/S1049096522001172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096522001172","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT There is a growing consensus around both the importance of researcher positionality for the conduct of research and the intersectional and variable salience of positionality and its effects. However, at the same time, static assumptions of “insider” and “outsider” status prevail. This article presents a productive and two-fold intervention in these discussions. First, we show that the insider/outsider distinction is fraught on logistical and conceptual grounds. Relying on our experiences in conducting interview research from rural villages to diplomatic offices, we show that these elements of status are fluid and dynamic. Second, we suggest an alternative to this dichotomy through the aspirational status of a “credible visitor.” We define this as a performative aspect of positionality founded on humility and reflexivity and enacted through showcasing competence and engaging in transparency. We describe how this approach to performing status may facilitate access as well as fruitful and ethical research interactions.","PeriodicalId":48096,"journal":{"name":"Ps-Political Science & Politics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81068602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-07DOI: 10.1017/S1049096522001147
Hui-Zhen Fu, L. Shao
ABSTRACT This study conducted a bibliometric analysis of Chinese politics research from 2001 to 2020 (N = 11,285) using Social Sciences Citation Index data. The number of publications in the field by scholars from Mainland China surged in the past 20 years; however, their influence on academia remained limited. Chinese institutions serve as the major hubs of collaborative networks. Using structural topic models, we identified 25 research topics that can be categorized in three clusters. In the past 20 years, scholars from Mainland China steered the focus of Chinese politics by causing a reduction in the proportion of international relation topics and an increase in the proportion of political economy topics. Domestic politics topics had the most citations. Scholars from Mainland China have made contributions to better research methods in the field. This article is a comprehensive view of Chinese politics research using a tool that is rarely used by political scientists. It depicts how studies of Chinese politics influence academia from a bibliometrics perspective.
{"title":"Telling Our Own Story: A Bibliometrics Analysis of Mainland China’s Influence on Chinese Politics Research, 2001–2020","authors":"Hui-Zhen Fu, L. Shao","doi":"10.1017/S1049096522001147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096522001147","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study conducted a bibliometric analysis of Chinese politics research from 2001 to 2020 (N = 11,285) using Social Sciences Citation Index data. The number of publications in the field by scholars from Mainland China surged in the past 20 years; however, their influence on academia remained limited. Chinese institutions serve as the major hubs of collaborative networks. Using structural topic models, we identified 25 research topics that can be categorized in three clusters. In the past 20 years, scholars from Mainland China steered the focus of Chinese politics by causing a reduction in the proportion of international relation topics and an increase in the proportion of political economy topics. Domestic politics topics had the most citations. Scholars from Mainland China have made contributions to better research methods in the field. This article is a comprehensive view of Chinese politics research using a tool that is rarely used by political scientists. It depicts how studies of Chinese politics influence academia from a bibliometrics perspective.","PeriodicalId":48096,"journal":{"name":"Ps-Political Science & Politics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87439733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-07DOI: 10.1017/S1049096522001081
Brian R. Urlacher
ABSTRACT In October 2021, the US Census Bureau piloted a new set of questions to operationalize sex and gender identity. This move follows a larger trend across the social sciences to rethink how surveys ask about sex and gender. Although this step is normatively positive, it complicates well-established protocols for weighting survey data. This article explores the likely pitfalls for survey researchers that accompany a shift in how the US Census Bureau measures gender. A preliminary empirical investigation of survey weighting indicates that using more inclusive gender categories will not negatively affect weighting metrics. Whereas the creation of a new set of US or even global best practices in measuring gender may be helpful to survey researchers, at this stage, there remain important empirical and ethical questions that are not well understood.
{"title":"Gender Identification and Survey Weighting: A Shifting Landscape","authors":"Brian R. Urlacher","doi":"10.1017/S1049096522001081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096522001081","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In October 2021, the US Census Bureau piloted a new set of questions to operationalize sex and gender identity. This move follows a larger trend across the social sciences to rethink how surveys ask about sex and gender. Although this step is normatively positive, it complicates well-established protocols for weighting survey data. This article explores the likely pitfalls for survey researchers that accompany a shift in how the US Census Bureau measures gender. A preliminary empirical investigation of survey weighting indicates that using more inclusive gender categories will not negatively affect weighting metrics. Whereas the creation of a new set of US or even global best practices in measuring gender may be helpful to survey researchers, at this stage, there remain important empirical and ethical questions that are not well understood.","PeriodicalId":48096,"journal":{"name":"Ps-Political Science & Politics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79229782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-05DOI: 10.1017/s104909652200083x
Cameron G. Thies, Magda Hinojosa
{"title":"Structuring Inclusion into Faculty Recruitment and Retention","authors":"Cameron G. Thies, Magda Hinojosa","doi":"10.1017/s104909652200083x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s104909652200083x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48096,"journal":{"name":"Ps-Political Science & Politics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78469239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-05DOI: 10.1017/S1049096522000920
Amy H. Liu, Michael G. Findley, David L. Leal, Raúl L. Madrid, Eric L. McDaniel, God’swill Osa, Tasha S. Philpot, Brooke N. Shannon, Zeynep Somer-Topcu, Christopher Wlezien
Amy H. Liu, University of Texas at Austin, USA Michael G. Findley, University of Texas at Austin, USA David L. Leal, University of Texas at Austin, USA Raúl L. Madrid, University of Texas at Austin, USA Eric L. McDaniel, University of Texas at Austin, USA God’swill Osa, University of Texas at Austin, USA Tasha S. Philpot, University of Texas at Austin, USA Brooke N. Shannon, University of Pittsburgh, USA Zeynep Somer-Topcu, University of Texas at Austin, USA Christopher Wlezien, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Amy H. Liu,美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校Michael G. Findley,美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校David L. Leal,美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校Raúl L. Madrid,美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校Eric L. McDaniel,美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校God 'swill Osa,美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校Tasha S. Philpot,美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校Brooke N. Shannon,美国匹兹堡大学Zeynep Somer-Topcu,美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校Christopher Wlezien美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校
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