In 2025, we accepted 6 percent of submissions for publication. Our average decision time was 23 days. The average decision time for only externally reviewed manuscripts was 67 days.
New Review Article on Fast Track by Marcus Johnson, “Reassessing Colonial Origins: A Decolonial Review of Four Books on Global Inequality,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...
Open Access research article in our April 2026 issue: Adam Almqvist, “GONGOs, Zombies, and Astroturfers: Rethinking Hybrid Institutions in Autocracies through the Case of Jordanian Youth Governance,” www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...
New article on Fast Track by @payoub.bsky.social & Sam Whitt, “Silence or Solidarity? The Political Pitfalls of an LGBTQI Avoidance Strategy in Hungary,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...
This article examines whether opposition silence on anti-LGBTQI legislation helps liberal challengers avoid electoral penalties. The results show that avoidance strategies don’t boost electoral support & erode perceptions of moral leadership while weakening support for LGBTQI rights.
Courts w/t enforcement power don’t monitor every decision; they intervene when public pressure threatens their reputation. Using 6,000+ cases from the Constit'l Court of Ecuador, authors show civil society signals drive judicial oversight, revealing compliance is shaped more by pressure than power.
New article on Fast Track by @mattjmartin.com “From Citizen Input to Elite Legitimation: The Logic of Will-Confirmation in Constitution-Making,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
Our July 2026 issue (Vol.58, No.4) is now available: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
Public consultation should make constitutions more democratic—but what if elites interpret input to confirm their preferences? Based on interviews in Chile and Cuba, this article introduces “will-confirmation”—how participation becomes elite legitimation rather than a check on interpretation.
New article on Fast Track by @pvkastner.bsky.social & Santiago Basabe-Serrano, “Monitoring High Court Rulings in New Democracies,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...
