New Issue of IPSR Published (June 2027)

The June 2026 issue of the International Political Science Review (volume 47, number 3) addresses a wide range of timely political issues across the world.

In Late to the party: Do party switchers behave differently in parliament from party loyalists?, Axel Bayer and Thomas Malang address the effects of frequent party switching on political interactions in parliaments through a case study of the 11th Zambian National Assembly. In The right man for the job? Dictators’ selection mode and their facial characteristics, Abel Francois, Sophie Panel, and Laurent Weill analyze the way in which public perceptions of the facial characteristics of autocratic leaders may have paved their paths to office. Institutional disruption and women’s substantive representation: the Senate of Canada as a case study by Elizabeth McCallion and Tracey Raney is an in-depth study of how gendered rules emerge within institutions, and what opportunities exist for feminist actors to impact the process. Ole Kelm, in Digitalization, value change and political consumerism in Europe: A multi-level trend analysis over two decades, examines the effects of political consumerism on political engagement across 15 countries.

In Fight or unite? Exploring the link between consensus institutions, polarization, and political violence in 113 democracies over time, Kamil Bernaerts and Didier Caluwaerts examine the relationship between democratic institutions and political violence. From empowerment to participation: How women’s political empowerment shapes non-institutionalized political participation and reduces gender disparities is a fascinating study by Cyrill Otteni on the impact of women’s political empowerment on the gender gap in political participation outside of formal institutions. In The rise and fall of exclusion: A longitudinal study of US attitudes toward immigration, authors Xiang Wang, Yihui Tong, and Jiangrui Liu take a closer look at how economic and social exclusion shape American views on immigration. Civic engagement moving online: Empirical examination of its antecedents during the COVID-19 pandemic is a study of emergency-oriented civic engagement online in Israel and its relationship to trust in government by authors Efrat Blitstein-Mishor, Eran Vigoda-Gadot, and Shlomo Mizrahi. Finally, in Can institutional quality reduce geopolitical risk? Evidence from G20 countries, Rizwan Akhtar Jamsheed, and Cao Mingxing look at the mediating effects of strong institutions on geopolitical risk.

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