Working Papers

The Committee on Concepts and Methods publishes two series of working papers that readers may consult and download at the C&M website.

  • Political Concepts contains work of excellence on political concepts and political language. It seeks to include innovative contributions to concept analysis, language usage, concept operationalization, and measurement.
  • Political Methodology contains work of excellence on methods and methodology in the study of politics. It invites innovative work on fundamental questions of research design, the construction and evaluation of empirical evidence, theory building and theory testing.

Editorial Board

C&M working papers are meant to share work in progress in a timely way before formal publication. Authors bear full responsibility for the content of their contribution, as online commentators bear full responsibility for the content of their commentaries. All rights reserved.

Submissions. All papers are subject to review by either a member of the Editorial Board or an external reviewer. Authors interested in including their work in the C&M Series should send their paper to wp[at]concepts-methods.org. They may also seek initial endorsement by one editorial board member.

Reviewer Evaluation Form.doc

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