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This year APSA celebrates the first decade of publication ofPerspectives on Politics. Added to the APSA journal portfolio in 2003,Perspectiveshas developed into an important publication for the discipline under the stewardship of its first three editors Jennifer Hochschild, Jim Johnson, and current editor Jeffrey C. Isaac and their respective editorial boards.

The APSA Task Force on Democracy, Economic Security, and Social Justice in a
Volatile World has released its report Democratic Imperatives Democracy,
Economic Security, and Social Justice in a Volatile World. The report
argues that in emerging and established democracies alike, the promise of democracy
remains unfulfilled. The report focuses on policies and institutions designed to
deepen democracy by increasing respect for human rights, promoting participatory
governance, and se-curing the economic bases of democratic citizenship. It documents
how these measures can help to reduce democratic deficits by making government and
politics more responsive, more accountable, and more transparent and by enabling
citizens to take a greater role in governing themselves.

APSA is pleased to announce the next editorial leadership of the American Political Science Review (APSR), the flagship scholarly journal in political science. Beginning in July 2012, the new APSR editorial team will be led by John Ishiyama and colleagues Marijke Breuning, Steven Forde, and Valerie Martinez-Ebers from the University of North Texas (UNT). The APSA Council has appointed the new team to a four-year term, renewable for an additional two-year term. Professor Ishiyama will serve as the lead editor for the initial two years, after which time the lead-editor role may rotate among members of the editorial team with the consent of the team and the APSA Council.