The Journal of Politics publishes book reviews, thematic reviews of multiple books, and review essays on major books across subfields in Political Science.

Beginning January 2012 (74:1), The Journal of Politics will be publishing book reviews online at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=jop. The list of books reviewed and review authors will continue to appear in the printed Table of Contents along with a link to the reviews. This change offers many advantages, allowing us to publish more book reviews each issue, providing more flexibility in the format of book reviews and enhancing the visibility of the book reviews online (and around the world). In addition to publishing an increased number of traditional book reviews, we look forward to publishing more multiple book reviews, and review essays. This shift to using more online resources follows our change last year to inviting authors of original research papers to post additional documentation of their research articles online in an effort to maximize the number of papers we can publish in each issue.

Below is an example of how book reviews published in The Journal of Politics in this online format should be cited:

Mitchell Brown (2011). The Women's Movement Inside and Outside the State.
By Lee Ann Banaszak. (Cambridge University Press, 2010.) The Journal of Politics, 75, 1, pp. 1-5 doi 10.1017/S023478564


Book authors and (University press) publishers are encouraged to send review copies to:

Professor Valerie Hoekstra
School of Politics and Global Studies
Campus Box 873902
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-3902

If you are interested in reviewing a book for the Journal, please contact Valerie Hoekstra at Arizona State University (jopbooks@asu.edu).

Valerie Hoekstra

Department of Political Science
Campus Box 873902
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-3902

Email: jopbooks@asu.edu

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