Here's a preview of some of the articles that will be published in the July 2008 issue of PS: Political Science and Politics:
Symposium
Institutional Review Boards, Rob Hauck, Editor
Features
Debates are for Losers, Peter Schrott and David Lanoue
The Real (lack of) Difference Between Republicans and Democrats: A Computer Word Score Analysis of Party Platforms, 1996–2004, Quentin Kidd
Gaming Arizona: Public Money and Shifting Candidate Strategies, Michael Miller
The Colbert Bump in Campaign Donations: More Truthful than Truthy, James Fowler
Using the Internet to Create Research Opportunities: The New Virtual Communities of TESS and the American National Election Studies, Kenyatha Vauthier Loftis and Arthur Lupia
On Europe's Representation: A Symbolic Interpretation of Rejecting the Constitution, Natascha Zowislo
Two Houses: Legislative Studies and the Atlantic Divide, Shane Martin
The Profession
Are the Nation's Leading Political Science Programs Practicing the Egalitarian Values Espoused in American Democracy in an Age of Rising Inequality?, Kenneth Oldfield
The Teacher
Political Science and Classroom Assessment Techniques: Participation as Assessment, Melvin Cohen
Adventures in Podcasting, Matthew Roberts
Doing Good and Doing Well: Teaching Research-Paper Writing by Unpacking the Paper, Lisa Baglione
