Report of the Editor of Perspectives on Politics, 2009–2010

Abstract

I am happy to report that Perspectives on Politics is thriving. We inherited a journal that was founded with a flourish in response to a range of concerns about the ways in which the U.S. political science profession had become highly specialized and balkanized, at the expense of broader understanding and public relevance. Our editorial predecessors had put the journal on a sound footing, a significant accomplishment for a new journal less than a decade old. At the same time, the journal we inherited faced some challenges related to the effective use of the Editorial Manager system; the efficiency of its operations, especially regarding communication with authors and reviewers; and its distinctive purposes and intellectual vision looking to the future. In the roughly 18 months since we assumed editorial control of the journal in June 2009, I believe that we have succeeded in addressing these challenges and projecting a new excitement about the journal and the role it can play in contributing to the invigoration of the discipline.