The Polish Political Science Review (PPSR), or Polski Przegląd Politologiczny, is an online, peer-reviewed (double-blind review process), open-access journal. All articles are published in English. Once a year, the list of reviewers is published on the website of the PPSR. Issues are released twice a year and are available without charge for all users. In this manner a wide dissemination of all published articles is facilitated. The PPSR is not restricted to the Polish socio-political reality but is aimed at a broad, international readership and collaboration in various areas of political research. The following general domains fall under the scope of the PPSR:
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Established in 1971, the Political Science Reviewer has served for more than a half century as a venue for political theory and philosophy that resists disciplinary dogmas and novelties. We endeavor to give voice to a range of scholars and to put these voices into traditional conversation with each other. Authors are encouraged to submit both articles and symposium ideas.
Holly Gibney first appeared in King's Mr. Mercedes, an Edgar Award-winning novel and the first book in the Bill Hodges Trilogy. Now that Holly is back, I wanted to get reacquainted with her, to see her development as a character, so I went back and did a lot of reading. In Mr. Mercedes, Holly is a walk-on character. In fact, she doesn't make an appearance until page 219, and when she does, she "never speaks above a mutter and seems to have a problem making eye contact." During the rest of that novel, and in the sequel, Finders Keepers, when she starts working with Hodges, Holly is a pale, insecure young woman who suffers from panic attacks, is haunted by her overbearing mother, and must take Lexapro for her anxiety. In the subsequent novels, Holly starts to come out of her shell. And in Holly, King's latest, she is a complex, multilayered character who seems to have been developed to occupy center stage from the beginning.
In Holly, Gibney is working a case by herself because her partner, Pete, is at home with Covid-19. Holly is looking into the disappearance of Bonnie Rae Dahl, a young woman who vanished under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind her bike, a strange note saying she'd had enough, and a heartbroken mother. The case, which Holly wasn't supposed to accept but decided to take on because Bonnie Rae's mother was desperate, is tricky. Also, Holly must deal not only with the limitations and stress imposed by the rampaging Covid pandemic but also with the recent death of her mother, who didn't believe Covid, the illness that killed her, was real and refused to get vaccinated.
King's work usually swings between full-blown nostalgia to incredibly timely, and Holly belongs to the latter group. The Covid-19 pandemic, racism and homophobia, the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and Donald Trump's effect on the country's zeitgeist and political discourse are all very present in the narrative, which mostly takes place in 2021 (jumping back and forth during that year) but also goes back in time to show Rodney and Emily Harris' history of atrocities. King has never been shy about his politics, but Holly is one of his most political novels to date, and it'll' surely anger all the right people.
While Holly is brutal and gripping and King did many things right with the story, Holly is the heart of the narrative. Her growth from a shy, muttering mess in Mr. Mercedes to the smart, strong, smoking, slightly better, and much richer woman we see in Holly is tremendous. It's also a testament to King's talents as a writer and a stark reminder of what can happen when writers allow the magic that inhabits their characters to blossom unimpeded by their original plans for them. Please, Mr. King, give us more Holly soon.
This edition of the Political Science Undergraduate Review touches on a broad scope of issues - ranging from the impact of the climate crisis, to democracy at home and abroad, to military operations and inter-state conflict. Authors in this year's edition exemplified the wide range of scholarship the Department of Political Science has to offer, and offered insightful and challenging commentary on issues of both the past and present.
Thank you to the Political Science Undergraduate Association and to the Department of Political Science for their continued support of the PSUR. Lastly, an especially big thank you is in order to this year's editorial team for their hard work and dedication to making this endeavour possible.
The Political Science Undergraduate Association (PSUA) is a non-partisan, registered, not-for-profit student organization and is an integral part of the Political Science department at the University of Alberta.
Our mission is to provide opportunities for student involvement and to act as a liaison between the Political Science department and all political science students. In addition, the PSUA organizes a number of social and extra-curricular activities which provide excellent opportunities to interact with faculty members and other political science students.
Political Studies Review (PSR) provides a unique intellectual space for rigorous high-quality peer reviewed original research across political science and related fields. It aims to stimulate wide-ranging debate and cutting edge discussion of current disputes and issues in the discipline both within the UK and across the globe. The journal seeks to demonstrate the essential utility of political science through enhancing understanding and dialogue both within the political science profession, across disciplinary subfields and outside the scholarly community. It therefore aims to be more eclectic in terms of content, style and subject matter to maximise public reach.
1) Original research articles: the journal is a forum for innovative, rigorous and original work of significance to the discipline. Such work may be theoretical in nature, it may have a comparative focus, and/or it may cut across traditional scholarly fields and push disciplinary boundaries.
2) Early Results: PSR welcomes short articles detailing exciting early findings or exploring new ideas that are of immediate interest to our readers. Authors can submit early results without excessive theoretical set-up or literature review for an expedited review and publication process (limited to one reviewer and one editor). Publication of such papers does not prevent authors from later fashioning them into full-length articles for publication elsewhere.
3) Symposia and new ideas: PSR welcomes short pieces based on symposia that are early versions of what may become more extensive articles, exploring and fleshing out new ideas and directions for study. Such symposia will be subject to an expedited review and publication process (limited to one reviewer and one editor).
4) The null hypothesis: PSR is an outlet for interesting findings where the authors had sound theoretical reasons for stipulating hypotheses, but had to be reject these. Papers submitted for this section will be subject to an expedited review and publication process (limited to one reviewer and one editor).
As editors, we encourage a pluralistic approach where current empirical and theoretical problems across the subfields of politics are addressed in an innovative, reflexive and insightful manner. We therefore welcome submissions across a wide-range of methodological or theoretical frameworks in political science but which conform to the highest standards of scientific rigour and research ethics. All published material will include technical research reports and appendices, where applicable, to enhance replicability. The journal is committed to high quality peer reviewing, from enhancing new ideas and promoting promising scholarly research, to nurturing broader public discussion and publicising important scholarly topics, ideas and innovative practice in political science.
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Political Studies Review provides unique intellectual space for rigorous high-quality peer reviewed original research across political science and the study of politics in related fields that aims at stimulating wide-ranging debate and cutting edge discussion of topical issues. We therefore welcome submissions across a wide-range of methodological or theoretical frameworks provided they are relevant for the research question and conform to the highest standards of scientific rigour and research ethics.
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