Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (ZfVP)

The journal, Comparative Governance and Politics‘ is a decidedly scientific publishing organ that publishes high-quality research results within the field of study. Particular emphasis is placed on sound theoretic foundations of the empirical research results and an appropriate methodological approach. The journal in particular supports innovative contributions and approaches that help promote further research. Thematically, the journal will represent the entire breadth of the field. It will not restrict the topics being discussed nor will it have a certain theoretic, methodological or thematical focus. Thus, the journal is open to all authors in the field of Comparative Politics. In order to ensure a high quality journal and to meet the reputational standards of the community of political scientists, the editors will implement an anonymous peer-review process.

The journal will contain articles in German and English, whereby emphasis will be placed on contributions in German.

Content Categories

• scientific articles
• convention and conference reports
• literature reviews and reports
• announcements to the scientific community

Editors

The working group ‚Democracy Research‘ of the German association for Political Science (Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft - DVPW) represented by Editorin- chief Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Lauth, PD Dr. Marianne Kneuer, Dr. Gero Erdmann and Dr. Gert Pickel.

Executive Committee

Heidrun Abromeit (Darmstadt)/ Arthur Benz (Hagen)/ Dirk Berg-Schlosser (Marburg)/ Klaus von Beyme (Heidelberg)/ Hans Blomkvist (Uppsala)/ Peter Burnell (Warwick)/ Consuelo Cruz (Tufts University, Medford, MA)/ Jan van Deth (Mannheim)/ Danica Fink-Hafner (Ljubljana)/ Adrienne Héritier (EUI Florence)/ Kenji Hirashima (Tokyo)/ Hans Keman (Amsterdam)/ Steven Levitsky (Harvard)/ Renate Mayntz (Köln)/ Wolfgang Merkel (WZB)/ Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Lunenburg)/ Guillermo O’Donnell (Notre Dame)/ Yannis Papadopoulos (Lausanne)/ Anton Pelinka (Budapest/ Central European University)/ Andreas Schedler (CIDE/Mexico)/ Lars Svåsand (Bergen) /Máté Szabó (Budapest).

Justification

The editor and the publishing house agree that the German-speaking market lacks a Journal of Political Science that is dedicated mainly to topics of Comparative Politics. As Comparative Politics is a very comprehensive and fundamental subfield of Political Science and as it has established itself institutionally as a permanent part of the teaching canon of German Political Science, the publication of a Journal appears scientifically appropriate and sensible from the publisher‘s point of view. The Translation of German articles as well as the acceptance of English-speaking contributions open the journal to international reception and discussion.