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This article examines the growing body of literature on service learning as a pedagogical tool within political science. It also reports the results of a service learning experiment used in a course on State and Local Politics. Students completed service learning projects that combined community service, attendance at local political meetings (i.e., city council or school board meetings), and interviews with elected officials. The students reflected on their experiences through written papers, oral presentations, and an evaluation of the service learning experience. The vignettes presented in this article highlight the potential benefits of incorporating service learning into political science courses, including enhanced civic engagement and understanding of the policymaking process. Assessment of these learning outcomes was based on the content and quality of the written and oral presentations, student self-evaluations, and a pretest/posttest. The model used in this course is easy to adapt to any political science course, offering a useful tool to promote active learning outside the classroom experience. Adapted from the source document.

How an issue reaches the agenda is determined in part by which of several types of policy are involved, and each policy type is in turn distinguished by particular patterns of participation. This case study of Virginia's land use initiative tests both Cobb and Elder's theory of agenda setting in general, and Wilson's theory of the particular pattern of entrepreneurial politics within regulatory policy agenda setting. The results suggest the need for modification of Wilson's theory, which did not predict that both sides of the issue would engage in entrepreneurial behavior, thus neutralizing the expected pattern of entrepreneurial politics.

Finds that contemporary governors' wives are more politically active than their predecessors, but that the issues they support tend to be traditional "women's issues"; based on a survey of 29 governors' spouses; US; 1996.

Mail survey data are drawn on to examine the backgrounds, motives, & interests of 265 male & female local party activists in GA. Though there were few differences in backgrounds or interest in future political activity, compared to the male activists, female activists were more motivated by issues & particular candidates. 8 Tables, 1 Figure, 19 References. Adapted from the source document.

ABSTRACTIn 2010, an analysis of the top 50 political science journals showed that women were reasonably well represented as editors, associate editors, and board members compared to their numbers as senior faculty at PhD-granting institutions. As the presence of women in the profession has increased, have women kept up in these editorial positions? Overall, the data from 2018 suggest that they have. Although women are still significantly underrepresented as editors and associate editors at journals with small editorial staffs, they are well represented at those with medium-sized and large staffs. The proportion of women as board members also has kept pace with the proportion of female senior faculty at PhD-granting institutions, especially at the top five journals in the profession. There is still significant variation among journals but little change in their rankings: journals with the highest proportion of women as editors, associate editors, and board members in 2010 continued to lead the way in 2018.

AbstractAlthough the overall representation of women in the field of political science has increased gradually over the last several decades, most gains are being achieved at junior levels. When considering the status of women in the profession, it is instructive to incorporate information on the presence of women in editorial positions at top-ranked political science journals. Our 2010 snapshot of women editors in the top 50 journals in the field finds that on average, women are reasonably well represented in editorial positions in proportion to the ranks they hold in the profession overall and at PhD-granting institutions; however, substantial variation exists across journals. Our discussion of the role-model effect and the gatekeeping power of editors suggests that greater inclusion of women and others who bring different perspectives to research could result in a more vibrant range of research topics and methodological approaches published in a journal.