Since its launch in 2005, Politics & Gender has been a leading outlet for research on women, gender, and politics in both the United States and globally. Through peer-reviewed research articles, solicited pieces in the Critical Perspectives section, and reviews of relevant books in the field, the journal has expanded knowledge on how politics is gendered and how gender is political. In so doing, Politics & Gender has contributed to a broader institutionalization of gender and politics research within political science. The journal also has provided a vital and productive space for spurring new conversations on gender and politics, both in academia and across the nexus of theory and practice.

To mark the 20th anniversary of the journal, the editors plan to publish a special issue in March 2025 dedicated to Politics & Gender and its impact on political science. The team welcomes proposals and submissions on questions such as the following: 

• How has Politics & Gender shaped and contributed to debates in the discipline? For example, how have articles published in the journal informed knowledge on certain topics or set new research agendas? Papers might examine topics (like gender quotas, political institutions), concepts (like intersectionality, comparative politics of gender), and/or or methods and approaches (like feminist institutionalism, quantitative/qualitative/interpretive methods).
• How has research on women, gender, and politics evolved over the last 20 years, as viewed through the lens of publications and topics appearing in Politics & Gender? Examples might include the concept of ‘gender,’ attention to intersectionality, or changing methods in the field. Papers might also trace debates in the field with regard to particular topics.
• What role has Politics & Gender played in your career, for example in terms of inspiring lines of research, finding collaborators, or gaining a profile in the field?
• How has Politics & Gender informed your teaching, for example in terms of framing debates in the political science, provoking debates in class, or inspiring you to bring gender perspectives to topics not usually viewed through a gender lens?
• What are new topics and approaches that should be taken up in Politics & Gender in the coming years? What important questions have not yet been asked or addressed that bear on our understandings of women, gender, and politics?

 

Submissions may be the length of a research article (approximately 8,000-10,000 words), but they may also be shorter in length. Manuscripts may also take the form of a Notes from the Field article (approximately 2,500 words), offering more personal reflections related to the journal.

The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2024, but authors are welcome (and, indeed, encouraged) to contact the editorial team at any time at [email protected] about potential manuscript ideas for the special issue. Once received, submissions will undergo an expedited review process by members of the editorial board. The editors seek to include contributions from scholars at all levels of seniority, from graduate students to full professors, and welcome contributions from non-academics.