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Journal of Theoretical Politics Template

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Journal of Theoretical Politics is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Game Theory and Voting Systems, Political Influence and Corporate Strategies.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Theoretical Politics, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inElectoral Systems and Political Participation Game Theory and Voting Systems Political Influence and Corporate Strategies Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Political Conflict and Governance
ISSN0951-6298
Citation impact (2-yr)1.23
h-index88
i10-index478
Total citations34,330
Top institutions publishing hereNew York University
Journal websitewww.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Journal of Theoretical Politics per year

35
2014
28
2015
18
2016
17
2017
18
2018
25
2019
29
2020
21
2021
19
2022
14
2023
15
2024
15
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Theoretical Politics by publication year

729
2014
426
2015
288
2016
178
2017
154
2018
217
2019
417
2020
134
2021
68
2022
43
2023
36
2024
7
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Theoretical Politics

A Transaction Cost Theory of Politics

Douglass C. North · 1 Oct 1990

This essay first specifies and describes the behavioral and information cost assumptions that underlie instrumental rationality and the consequent a-institutional world of neoclassical theory and contrasts these assumptions to those that underpin a theory of institutions and transaction costs. It then explores the characteristics of political markets, characterizing the costs of transacting in political markets…

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An Integrated Theory of Party Goals and Party Change

Robert Harmel, Kenneth Janda · 1 Jul 1994

The authors present a theory that seeks to explain why parties change their political strategies, organizational characteristics and issue positions. Whereas most of the existing literature on party change deals with party systems, the focus here is on individual parties. Whereas much of the literature views parties as responding more or less gradually to socioeconomic…

Studying Institutions

Kenneth A. Shepsle · 1 Apr 1989

This article examines recent developments in a literature referred to as `the new institutionalism'. After reviewing some of the consequences for the study of institutions of the behavioral revolution and the elaboration of Arrovian theories of social choice, the author develops the theory of structure-induced equilibrium and explores the two sides of the institutional coin…

Comparing and Miscomparing

Giovanni Sartori · 1 Jul 1991

I seek to explain the disappointing performance of the field of comparative politics addressing the three basic questions: Why compare? What is comparable? and How? I also challenge the view that the methodology of comparison is pretty well known and established. Hosts of unsettled issues remain, while a growing cause of frustration and failure is…

The Reconstruction and Development Programme

Robert Cameron · 1 Apr 1996

The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) is the major policy initiative of the Government of National Unity (GNU). The RDP is an integrated, coherent socio-economic framework which attempts to integrate development, reconstruction, redistribution and reconciliation into a unified programme. The aim of this paper is to assess the performance of the RDP in the first…

Journal of Theoretical Politics template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Journal of Theoretical Politics use?
Journal of Theoretical Politics uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Theoretical Politics, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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