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Politics & Society Template

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About the Politics & Society format

Politics & Society is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Social Policy and Reform Studies, Political Economy and Marxism, Labor Movements and Unions.

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

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Publishes research inSocial Policy and Reform Studies Political Economy and Marxism Labor Movements and Unions Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Political and Economic history of UK and US
ISSN0032-3292
Citation impact (2-yr)3.44
h-index129
i10-index739
Total citations69,890
Top institutions publishing hereLondon School of Economics and Political Science
Journal websitejournals.sagepub.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Politics & Society per year

25
2014
19
2015
25
2016
20
2017
25
2018
26
2019
28
2020
29
2021
19
2022
27
2023
11
2024
18
2025

Citation impact of Politics & Society by publication year

1.5K
2014
755
2015
1.4K
2016
895
2017
1.2K
2018
1.1K
2019
471
2020
811
2021
367
2022
300
2023
76
2024
37
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Politics & Society

Deepening Democracy: Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance

Archon Fung, Erik Olín Wright · 1 Mar 2001

As the tasks of the state have become more complex and the size of polities larger and more heterogeneous, the institutional forms of liberal democracy developed in the nineteenth century—representative democracy plus technobureaucratic administration—seem increasingly ill suited to the novel problems we face in the twenty-first century. “Democracy” as a way of organizing the state…

1,689 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Theoretical Core of the New Institutionalism

Ellen M. Immergut · 1 Mar 1998

Proclamations of a “new” institutionalism, while widespread, have met with some skepticism in the scientific community. Critics wonder what about the new institutionalism is really so new. Institutions, surely, have been a focus of political science since its inception. In Europe, the state has consistently been central to the study of politics and, hence, plans…

1,085 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Deliberative Impacts: The Macro-Political Uptake of Mini-Publics

Robert E. Goodin, John S. Dryzek · 15 May 2006

Democratic theorists often place deliberative innovations such as citizen's panels, consensus conferences, planning cells, and deliberative polls at the center of their hopes for deliberative democratization. In light of experience to date, the authors chart the ways in which such mini-publics may have an impact in the “macro” world of politics. Impact may come in…

Collective Action, Property Rights, and Decentralization in Resource Use in India and Nepal

Arun Agrawal, Элинор Остром · 1 Dec 2001

National governments in almost all developing countries have begun to decentralize policies and decision making related to development, public services, and the environment. Existing research on the subject has enhanced our understanding of the effects of decentralization and thereby has been an effective instrument in the advocacy of decentralization. But most analyses, especially where environmental…

Politics & Society template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Politics & Society format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Politics & Society template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Politics & Society use?
Politics & Society 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', Politics & Society, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Politics & Society?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Politics & Society document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Politics & Society template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Politics & Society format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Politics & Society?
Politics & Society is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Politics & Society template matches SAGE's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Politics & Society PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Politics & Society template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Politics & Society template cost?
You can start writing in the Politics & Society template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Politics & Society PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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