Political Science, Policy, and International Studies

Basic Income Studies
Basic Income Studies is the first peer-reviewed journal devoted to basic income and related issues of poverty relief and universal welfare. An exciting venture supported by major international networks of scholars, policy makers, and activists, Basic Income Studies is the only forum for scholarly research on this leading edge movement in contemporary social policy. Articles discuss the design and implementation of basic income schemes, and address the theory and practice of universal welfare in clear, non-technical language that engages the wider policy community. The journal's editors represent the forefront of research in poverty, political theory, welfare reform, ethics, and public finance, at institutions such as the University of Amsterdam, Columbia University, the University of Buenos Aires, UCLA, the London School of Economics, and the Spanish Ministry of Public Affairs.
$325 for a one-year subscription
Business and Politics
Business and Politics publishes articles within the broad area of the interaction between firms and political actors. Two specific areas are of particular interest to the journal. The first concerns the use of non-market corporate strategy. The second involves efforts by policy makers to influence firm behavior through regulatory, legal, financial, and other government instruments. Recent articles concern the Chinese auto industry and the WTO, environmental regulation in Argentina, foreign investment and the oil curse, and lobbying and steel imports. The journal is edited by Vinod K. Aggarwal (UC Berkeley), a leading expert in trade policy and international negotiations. Authors include notable professors from Oxford, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Sloan School of Business at MIT.
$215 for a one-year subscription
The Economists' Voice
The Economists' Voice, edited by Joseph Stiglitz, recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Economics, together with Brad DeLong and Aaron Edlin, is the decade's most successful publishing innovation for professional economists. It was shortlisted for Best New Journal in the 2007 ALPSP/Charlesworth Awards. Its short, focused policy articles fill a gap between the op-ed pages of the newspaper and full-length journal articles. Regular contributors include five Nobel Prize winners, three past chairs of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, public intellectuals like Paul Krugman and Richard Posner, and a veritable "Who's Who" of modern economic theory and policy. The Economists' Voice is a source of expertise directed at once at the professional economist, policy makers, students, and anyone curious about the economy today. Articles from The Economists' Voice have been prominently featured on the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other popular outlets.
$300 for a one-year subscription
The Forum
A first in political science, The Forum is the sole venue where professional political scientists analyze and comment on contemporary American politics, with peer-reviewed articles that are relevant and accessible to a wide audience. Topics include parties, elections, the news media, Congress, the Presidency, American foreign policy, and American politics in comparative perspective. The journal is edited by Byron Shafer (University of Wisconsin, Madison) and Ray La Raja (University of Massachusetts, Amherst); its editorial board includes many of the top figures in American political science. With timely and topical pieces that tend to be longer than newspaper columns but shorter than orthodox journal articles, The Forum bridges the gap between academic political science and real-world politics.
$150 for a one-year subscription
Forum for Health Economics & Policy
Forum for Health Economics & Policy showcases articles in key substantive areas that lie at the intersection of health economics and health policy. The journal uses an innovative structure of forums to reflect the most pressing and timely subjects in health economics and health policy, such as biomedical research and the economy, and aging and medical care costs. Forums are chosen by the Editorial Board to reflect topics where additional research is needed by economists and where the field is advancing rapidly. The journal is edited by Alan Garber of Stanford University, Dana Goldman of RAND, and Tomas Philipson of the University of Chicago, and sponsored by RAND Health, a premier national health research think tank. A subscription to the journal also includes the proceedings from the National Bureau of Economic Research's annual Frontiers in Health Policy Research Conference.
$485 for a one-year subscription
Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is one of the most established titles in the critical new field of homeland security. It publishes original, innovative, and timely articles on research and practice from a broad array of professions, including engineering, political science and policy, decision science, and health and medicine. The electronic nature of the publication allows timeliness and responsiveness unparalleled within academic literature. In addition to peer-reviewed articles, the journal also publishes book reviews, comments and reports from the field, and summaries of related research. Editors are John R. Harrald, Co-Director of the Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, George Washington University, and Claire B. Rubin, President of Claire B. Rubin & Associates, in Arlington, VA. Authors have included prominent researchers from the CDC, Carnegie Mellon, the EPA, George Mason, RAND, and Vanderbilt.
$225 for a one-year subscription
Law & Ethics of Human Rights
Law & Ethics of Human Rights is a journal of human rights law and its intersection with political theory and policy. Each issue focuses on one contemporary human rights dilemma that raises major legal and moral questions for ethicists, legal scholars, and policy-makers alike. Topics include multiculturalism and anti-discrimination, the use of demographic considerations to shape public policy, and international labor rights and regulations. Edited by some of the world’s most distinguished human rights scholars, from leading international law schools such as Harvard, Princeton, and Tel Aviv University, the journal will be of interest to an audience of ethicists, policy researchers, and government practitioners, as well as law scholars.
$300 for a one-year subscription
Muslim World Journal of Human Rights
Muslim World Journal of Human Rights is the only peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the pressing question of human rights in the Muslim world. The journal approaches this complex issue through multiple interdisciplinary lenses: Islam and Islamic law, socio-economic and political factors, institutions, and gender and minority rights. The editors, Mashood Baderin (School of Oriental and African Studies), Mahmood Monshipouri (Quinnipiac University), Shadi Mokhtari (York University), and Lynn Welchman (School of Oriental and African Studies) have created a unique academic forum to address real-world political issues and to encourage new methods in the field. Recent articles concern such topics as Women's Sexual Health and Rights in Senegal, Islam and Gender Justice, Human Rights Post-9/11, the Extension of Shari'ah in Northern Nigeria, and Human Rights in Islamic Malaysia.
$225 for a one-year subscription
New Global Studies
New Global Studies is one of the few journals that approaches contemporary globalization as a whole, and across disciplinary lines. It draws from history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and international relations to study the past and present of today's globalizing process. Topics include the patterns and local effects of economic globalization, global media networks, preservation of the global environment, transnational manifestations of culture, and the methodology of global studies itself. New Global Studies is an essential resource: a single journal for those who are interested in global affairs and the contemporary history of globalization, both broadly and in depth. Editors Nayan Chanda (Yale), Akira Iriye (Harvard), and Bruce Mazlish (MIT) are prominent leaders in the field of global history; editorial board members come from major institutions in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
$225 for a one-year subscription
Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy publishes innovative methods and analyses focusing on a central question - Can social scientists understand the causes of peace and how to promote it? Published articles address this question in the context of broad, global issues as well as specific policies and case studies related to conflict resolution and analysis. The journal is edited by Walter Isard, Professor of Economics and Regional Science at Cornell University and a founding father of the peace studies discipline.
$300 for a one-year subscription
The Rhodes Cook Letter
The Rhodes Cook Letter tracks election results for president, Congress and the nation's governorships - in terms of primaries, general elections, and even special elections when they occur. Each issue goes beyond the basics to provide a distinctive analysis of the American political scene - with texts, maps and a variety of other colorful graphics that seek to put current elections into a broader historical context. . According to one political commentator, "The Rhodes Cook Letter is a must for any serious student of American politics."
$115 for a one-year subscription
Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology
Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology is a peer-reviewed and policy-focused journal that examines the ethical and legal issues that arise from emerging technologies. While much attention has gone to specific fields such as bioethics, this is the first journal to address the broad scope of all technologies and their impact on the environment, society, and humanity. Topics include biotech, nanotech, neurotech, IT, weapons, energy and fuel, space-based technology, and new media and communications. Articles explore the synergy between law and ethics, and provide a robust policy response to technology's opportunities and challenges. The journal is edited by Anthony Mark Cutter (University of Central Lancashire) and Bert Gordijn (Radboud University); co-editors include some of the best-known figures in their fields, such as NASA's David Grinspoon, NIH bioethicist David Resnik, and technology law advisor Jeffrey H. Matsuura.
$275 for a one-year subscription
World Political Science Review
The World Political Science Review publishes prize-winning articles nominated by prominent national political science associations around the world, and translated into English. In a field as international as political science, scholars have a vital need to know about important political research produced outside the English-speaking world. WPSR bridges the language barriers that have made this cutting-edge research inaccessible up to now. Articles come from Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, South Korea, Norway, Lithuania, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates.
$275 for a one-year subscription