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The American Journal of Political Science
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Houston, Texas 77005-1827
Email: ajps@rice.edu
Phone: USA 001-713-348-2261

Welcome

The American Journal of Political Science is committed to significant advances in knowledge and understanding of citizenship, governance, and politics, and to the public value of political science research. AJPS is the official journal of the Midwest Political Science Association.

The Journal has been published since May, 1957 and is published in January, April, July, and October each year.

AJPS is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing and supported by the Department of Political Science , the School of Social Sciences, and The Office of the Provost at Rice University.


Editor Rick K. Wilson, Rice University

Associate Editors Matt Barreto, University of Washington; Elisabeth Gerber, University of Michigan; Jim Granato, University of Houston; Ashley Leeds, Rice University; John Patty, Washington University at St. Louis; Randy Stevenson, Rice University; Michelle Taylor-Robinson, Texas A&M University

Assistant Editor Susan M. Meyer, The Ohio State University

Production Editor Sharon Scalzo, Blackwell Publishing

The Editorial Board

The Editorial Office Donna G. Palizza, Assistant to the Editor; Jason Eichorst, Editorial Assistant; Aleksander Ksiazkiewicz, Editorial Assistant; James Hedrick, Editorial Assistant

Office Hours Monday - Friday,7:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. CST.
AJPS will close at 4:00 p.m. CST on July 15 and reopen at 7:30 a.m. CST on August 16. AJPS will also close at 4:00 p.m. CST on December 15 and reopen at 7:30 a.m. CST on January 6.

Office Contact Email: ajps@rice.edu, Telephone: USA 001-713-348-2261

Note that all submissions are processed through Editorial Manager©.

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

AJPS 56.2 - April 2012

  • Cognitive Biases and the Strength of Political Arguments Kevin Arceneaux
  • Emotional Substrates of White Racial Attitudes Antoine J. Banks,Nicholas A. Valentino
  • It's about Time: The Lifespan of Information Effects in a Multiweek Campaigaign Dona-Gene Mitchell
  • How Trust Matters: The Changing Political Relevance of Political Trust Marc J. Hetherington, Jason A. Husser
  • Ethnocentrism as a Short-Term Force in the 2008 American Presidential Election Cindy D. Kam, Donald R. Kinder
  • Separated Powers in the United States: The Ideology of Agencies, Presidents, and Congress Joshua D. Clinton, Anthony Bertelli, Christian R. Grose, David E. Lewis, David C. Nixon
  • Congress, Lawmaking, and the Fair Labor Standards Act, 1971–2000 Joshua D. Clinton
  • The Rise and Decline of Turnout in Congressional Elections: Electoral Institutions, Competition, and Strategic Mobilization Erik J. Engstrom
  • The House as a Stepping Stone to the Senate: Why Do So Few African American House Members Run? Gbemende Johnson, Bruce I. Oppenheimer, Jennifer L. Selin
  • Who Controls the Content of Supreme Court Opinions? Cliff Carrubba, Barry Friedman, Andrew D. Martin,
  • Radical Moderation: Recapturing Power in Two-Party Parliamentary Systems Tasos Kalandrakis,Arthur Spirling
  • Government versus Opposition at the Polls: How Governing Status Affects the Impact of Policy Positions Kathleen Bawn, Zeynep Somer-Topcu
  • Riding the Wave: World Trade and Factor-Based Models of Democratization John S. Ahlquist ,Erik Wibbels
  • Mission or Empire, Word or Sword? The Human Capital Legacy in Postcolonial Democratic Development Tomila Lankina, Lullit Getachew
  • Strengthening the Experimenter’s Toolbox: Statistical Estimation of Internal Validity Luke Keele, Corrine McConnaughy, Ismail White
  • Cycles in Politics: Wavelet Analysis of Political Time Series Luís Aguiar-Conraria, Pedro C. Magalhães, Maria Joana Soares

  • See the current issue at Wiley-Blackwell.