Politics, Groups, & Identities

Politics, Groups, and Identities is an official journal of the Western Political Science Association published by Taylor & Francis.

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We are two days away from starting our Winter hiatus on Dec 16. This means that we won't be processing manuscripts, BUT you can still submit!

We'll be back January 17 with an all new editorial team. Stay tuned for more details...

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Many social media sites have implemented fact-checking features in an effort to combat misinformation. David S. Morris, Jonathan S. Morris & Peter L. Francia investigate the efficacy of fact-checking on dispelling political misinformation.

Read here: https://t.co/8eo2Dzexhe

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We'll be handing over the keys of the journal to the new editorial team today!

A big thanks from all of the editorial team, led by @BrownPhDGirl. It's been a fun ride!

One last cute dog gif to take us out....

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For @PGI_WPSA, Richard W. Waterman (@universityofky) explores the racist depictions of Black men, women, and children in film from 1894-1915, seeking to uncover public attitudes toward race reflected in these portrayals.

Read more here: https://t.co/hHYp9chk7P

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Brazil just completed an incredibly contentious presidential election cycle, culminating in the ousting of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. @AJanusz explores the factors contributing to Afro-Brazilian political underrepresentation in Brazil.

Read more here: https://t.co/5rYWksGX0G

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For @PGI_WPSA, @avkevins explores how voters reconcile the “competing signals” of candidates’ intersectional identities in evaluating these candidates using a survey experiment.

Read this open access article for FREE here: https://t.co/9adwgz0Z5O

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Gender equality has progressed drastically in recent decades, so what accounts for the continued hesitancy of male politicians to support policy change that advances gender equality? Christina Bergqvist, @elinbja & @zetterberg_par investigate.

Read here https://t.co/5hFoRxIMi3

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For @PGI_WPSA, @KatrineBeau, @therunningprof & Elisabeth Gidengil investigate how feminist self-identification informs support for independence using survey data from French-speaking women in Québec.

Read more here: https://t.co/noxTCNsNuH

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In a new piece, @marti_jenn uses a sample of farmworkers from the Oregon COVID-19 Farmworker Study to determine how farmworkers responded to the label of “essential worker,” highlighting a disaccord between the label and their treatment.

Read more here: https://t.co/Yd7zRH87HJ

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How does survey data misrepresent elite behavior and how can observational data provide us with a clearer, more accurate picture? Marsela Dauti (@UU_University) explores these questions for @PGI_WPSA in an open access article.

Read for FREE here: https://t.co/COZ0gGxrPE

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We can't wait to hand the keys over to the new team.

Stay tuned here for updates and in the meantime, joining us in a huge THANK YOU to our head editor, @BrownPhDGirl and all of our Community Editors who have done an AMAZING job growing PGI 😘

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✨Hey @PGI_WPSA fam! We have TWO announcements ✨

1⃣ The first is that we will be on a Winter hiatus starting Dec 16. You can still submit manuscripts online, but we will not be processing them.

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2⃣ The second is that in Jan 2023, the new all-star team, headed by Regina Branton & Tony Carey (@tonyecareyjr) from the University of North Texas (@UNT_PSCI) take over!

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For @PGI_WPSA, @RichardBarton85 & @SpencerPiston explore how the framing of a WA ballot measure to increase taxes for the rich led to the measure’s failure, despite widespread public support for these tax increases.

Read more here: https://t.co/W6EHA0kFtt

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What prevents women legislators from prioritizing the interests of women? @KaitlinSenk identifies this factor as being a sense of political security, meaning that senior women legislators are more likely to substantively represent women.

Read more here: https://t.co/1O9YcershU

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For @PGI_WPSA, Michael Hoffman & Emma Rosenberg explore the question of whether veil bans across Europe are reflective of actual religious practices, finding that higher religious attendance often reduces the probability of a veil ban.

Read here: https://t.co/UzRevxKvGy

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@YoshikuniOno & Hirofumi Miwa investigate whether men and women candidates in Japan prioritize issues differently in their campaigns, seeking to determine whether this difference remains salient in a single-member district electoral system. Read more here: https://t.co/6lIw0lrA0d

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.@Bonneau_Says & Kristin Kanthak (@PittTweet) investigate if the presence of women candidates emboldens other women to run for office, finding that feelings about a particular candidate can determine whether they serve as inspiration.

Read more here: https://t.co/m4DqhSL6Zc

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In a new piece for @PGI_WPSA, @MargaretTBrower & David J. Knight (@Columbia) investigate the framing of urban inequalities within neighborhoods in regards to its impact on the political development of young adult POC.

Read more here: https://t.co/p5P1PUrbik

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.@anacweeks & Peter Allen investigate the way in which mainstream parties respond to far-right attacks against the prioritization of issues affecting minority groups, often shifting their focus to the working class in general instead.

Read more here: https://t.co/Mxbln6n8a2