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Publications have become the single most important factor of career evaluation in the social sciences, as well as in most other academic disciplines. This has in turn led some scholars to examine the existence of potential biases in peer-reviewed publications. Teele and Thelen (2017) have shown that political science is not free from such biases. This article examines publication patterns and the peer-review process for the European Journal of Political Research. It relies on data on more than 5000 submissions between 2006 and 2017. I look at possible biases at the different stages of the publication process: submission, desk evalauation, review and acceptance. Results show that the journal's processes are free from bias, but confirm that submission patterns remain different, despite convergence in recent years.

This article, as an introduction to the Symposium, discusses the determinants and evolution of attention to defence and foreign policy issues in France. It thereby contributes to existing debates on the relative power of presidents in this area. It then provides a short overview of the different contributions to the symposium. It argues that there is some measure of agreement in the analyses of current relations between France and the US, especially concerning the weight of history. Yet, at the same time, the articles provide a variety of views and approaches to the current state of these relations.

This article presents a descriptive analysis of French ministers since the beginning of the Fifth Republic. We find that ministers are generally appointed aged about 50 years; that women's representation has increased, but is still less than 30 per cent in the most recent cabinets, and that women often hold more junior positions; that the proportion of ministers who were members of parliament varies, but rarely falls below 60 per cent; that the average minister serves around 15 months; and that ministerial tenure ends mainly due to collective reasons (80 per cent), that is, the prime minister's resignation or the end of the legislature, rather than reasons relating to the minister individually.

This research note describes the population of the French members of the Assemblée Nationale (deputies) from the beginning of the Fifth Republic. Through a statistical analysis of the makeup of 13 legislatures (from 1958 to 2007), it, on the one hand, provides a portrait of the deputies, and, on the other hand, describes the evolution over time of the deputies. At first glance, it appears that the presence of women in the Assemblée Nationale is quite recent and, second, that the generational effects are more or less linked to political alternations. Third, despite the progressive disappearance of certain professions, the socio-professional structure is particularly stable, and, fourth, the renewal of deputies is very circumstantial. Finally, they rarely abandon office during their term in legislature.

Do media influence policy making? To what extent can governments or other actors manipulate this influence? Our understanding of the relationship between media and policy making remains limited, as separate research agendas look at parts of the puzzle in public policy, political communication, and related fields. This article tries to bridge these divides, to show how knowledge from different fields may be complementary, and to point to shortcomings and blind spots in existing research. By bringing different strands together, I show that media, old and new, are the main arena for the battle over the scope of policy conflict. The review discusses different factors determining or influencing media coverage of and influence on policy making, before looking at how governments and administrations deal with media coverage of policy making. I explore how ongoing changes in the media landscape are likely to affect the media–policy making nexus. The final section presents future research directions.

1ères lignes : Il est désormais difficile de nier que la France est engagée dans une dynamique de « déception répétée ». À chaque élection présidentielle,les candidats font des promesses ambitieuses, qui suscitent des grands espoirs. Ces espoirs sont vite déçus et les électeurs se retournent rapidement contre le président qu'ils ont élu peu de temps auparavant. À la prochaine échéance électorale, les électeurs se vengent, dès lors, deleur ancien favori, soit en s'abstenant de voter, soit en votant contre lui.Les élections régionales s'inscrivent dans cette dynamique et posent question quant à l'avenir du système politique français