Partners
In 2021, we reached out to scholars who are members of the American Political Science Association to support a new organized section on American Political Economy. The response to our petition was rapid and impressive—nearly 400 signatures in a matter of weeks—and in 2022, the new APE organized section was launched.
The purpose of the section is to facilitate and promote research in the emerging subfield of APE—the study of the interaction of markets and politics in the United States. The section facilitates panels exploring topics related to APE at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, recognizes quality scholarship in the APE subfield with awards, and provides mentorship for younger scholars working in the APE subfield.
The APE organized section overlaps with but is distinct from the Consortium for American Political Economy. It is currently co-chaired by Chloe Thurston of Northwestern University and Jacob Hacker of Yale University, with a leadership team consisting of Sarah Anzia, U.C. Berkeley (2023 program co-chair and member of the Executive Council); Nate Kelly, University of Tennessee (secretary-treasurer), Lisa Miller (2023 program co-chair and member of the Executive Council), and Jessica Trounstine, U.C. Merced (vice chair).
For more on the organized section, including how to join, please visit the section’s website.
The APE organized section overlaps with but is distinct from the Consortium for American Political Economy. It is currently co-chaired by Chloe Thurston of Northwestern University and Jacob Hacker of Yale University, with a leadership team consisting of Sarah Anzia, U.C. Berkeley (2023 program co-chair and member of the Executive Council); Nate Kelly, University of Tennessee (secretary-treasurer), Lisa Miller (2023 program co-chair and member of the Executive Council), and Jessica Trounstine, U.C. Merced (vice chair).
For more on the organized section, including how to join, please visit the section’s website.
The Consortium on the American Political Economy Junior Working Group (CAPE-JWG) is a graduate-focused online working group for PhD students and early junior faculty to discuss ongoing research projects and build community, with the ultimate goal of advancing the study of the American Political Economy (APE) within the American political science subfield.
- Contribute to the intellectual community of American Political Economy (APE) and related topics, including those interested in using a diverse array of methodologies and placing the US in comparative perspective
- Provide a space for junior members of the discipline to connect, presenting the potential of finding co-authors as well as other joint research opportunities;
- Workshop on-going research;
- Offer a place for junior scholars to receive advice from faculty with similar interests;
- Help mainstream APE as an intellectual project.
- Public policy
- Public law
- Racial and ethnic politics
- Historical and contemporary political economy
- American political development (APD)
- Policy preferences and outcomes
- Political and economic behavior
- Qualitative and mixed-methods research
- Participation is open to any political science graduate student, post-docs, and junior faculty.
- For students (and recent PhD graduates), we are especially interested in bringing together individuals from a diverse group of universities, where students have an interest in APE and related topics detailed above; these include individuals doing APE-related research at institutions outside of the U.S.
- Although participation is online, we are interested in students who can participate regularly.
- Meetings are every third Wednesday of the month, 3-4:30 ET, beginning Spring 2023.
- Each meeting will feature 1-2 presentations of ongoing research, comments from a discussant, and Q&A session.
- Once or twice during the semester, we will hold a research professionalization session featuring one or two established junior, mid-career, and senior scholars in APE.
Submit Abstracts for Future Workshops & Sign Up for Updates About the Group
Interested in presenting your work? Want to stay up-to-date with the group’s activities? Submit an abstract and/or your contact information to the following form. Deadline to be considered for Spring 2023 is Dec. 22.
