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Call for Papers on Political Geography and American Politics
American Politics Research
American Politics Research invites scholars to submit articles on the
political geography of American politics. In 2008, APR will publish
a
special issue on spatial aspects of American political behavior,
elections and institutions.
Political geography is concerned with how specific geographic concepts
may be relevant to understanding political behavior and institutions.
These core geographic concepts include: location, distance or
proximity, and access. Notions of geographic movement, or flow, are
also central. Political geography may begin with issues related to
redistricting, but the range of research topics extends far beyond
this
horizon.
The APR readership is most interested in articles that evaluate
theories, test hypotheses and examine data about geographic variation
in
political behavior or institutions. Papers with a historical focus
are
welcome. Papers deploying sophisticated spatial statistical tools,
and
hierarchical models, to illuminate substantive questions are
encouraged.
Promising paper topics might include:
1) Studying geographic variation in political behavior, such as
presidential vote choice, or political participation, across space and
time;
2) Diffusion studies - examining public policy adoption from a
spatial standpoint.
3) Studies of the impact of political context on mass or elite
opinion.
4) Studies of congressional redistricting, or related
boundary-defining processes.
5) Examinations of the meaning of borders or related institutional
boundaries.
6) Examination of racial and ethnic segregation, concentration,
and the implications
of such patterns for electoral politics, redistricting, or
public service delivery.
7) Studies of the relevance of distance to candidate name
recognition and evaluation.
8) Examinations of geographic variations in mass media consumption
and their possible political implications.
9) Studies of population mobility and its political consequences.
10) Studies of the geography of political campaign activity and
candidate strategy, including the Electoral College.
The deadline for submission of papers is September 14, 2007, although
articles will be accepted and reviewed before then on a rolling basis.
All papers should be approximately 22-28 pages in length,
double-spaced,
including a 150 word abstract. Papers should conform with the APR
Guidelines as outlined in the submission instructions for the journal
at
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/apr/ .
Questions, as well as electronic submissions should be directed to Jim
Gimpel, Editor, at [log in to unmask]
--
ciao by now,
Shanna
Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz
Doctoral Student
Department of Government and Politics
University of Maryland
We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its
way
through Congress.
- Will Rogers
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