Journal of Theoretical Politics

Political Science

"Journals of political theory tend mainly to deal with the history of political thought. But the Journal of Theoretical Politics is different. It is concerned with thinking about problems in a systematic way which makes it unique in and important to the profession. We should constantly remind ourselves that a science without theory is a poor science" Giovanni Sartori Journal of Theoretical Politics is the major journal for publication of work concerned with the development of theory in the study of political processes. It provides an authoritative forum for the publication of original, fully refereed papers that seek to make genuinely theoretical contributions to the study of politics. The journal offers rigorous articles on a range of theoretical topics. It focuses on new theoretical work that is broadly accessible to political scientists and enhances an understanding of political processes.

Issue selection, inequality, and polarization of social ideologies 2026-09-01
Why constitutional conventions fail to change the constitutional status quo 2026-08-31
Distributive consequences of plurality voting versus proportional representation 2026-08-19
Biased learning from elections 2026-08-03
The politics of self-imposed term limits 2026-07-27
Compliance with negotiated military dispute settlement: A procedural dilemma for conflict resolution between Russia and Ukraine 2026-06-25
Policy devolution and cooperation dilemmas 2026-06-09
The accountability dilemma in mass purges 2026-03-17
Why do opposition parties boycott elections? 2026-03-12
Three facets of causal inference: Identification, explanation, and generalization 2026-03-11
Explanatory pluralism in political science 2025-12-19
The Blackstone ratio, modified 2025-12-15
A theory of presidential centralization with politicization 2025-12-09
Spies in a barrel: When to reel in espionage 2025-12-08
Minority will? A model of influential dissenting opinions 2025-08-13