Political Theory 35.6k citations
1.8k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Political Philosophy and Ethics American Constitutional Law and Politics Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy Political Theory and Influence Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought Papers in i Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought 137 Political Philosophy and Ethics 237 American Constitutional Law and Politics 171 Political Theory and Influence 110 Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy 92 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Political Theory
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Political Science and International Relations 18.6k Philosophy 7.0k Sociology and Political Science 17.9k Communication 2.6k Public Administration 1.0k American Quarterly United States
Critical Inquiry United States
History and Theory United States
Review of International Studies United Kingdom
Eighteenth-Century Studies United States
Revue Française de Sociologie France
The Yale Law Journal United States
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About Political Theory The 1.8k papers published in Political Theory in the last decades have received a total of 35.6k indexed citations . Papers published in Political Theory usually cover Philosophy (358 papers), Political Science and International Relations (583 papers), Sociology and Political Science (460 papers), History (85 papers) and Religious studies (34 papers) specifically the topics of Political Philosophy and Ethics (237 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (171 papers), Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought (137 papers), Critical Theory and Philosophy (115 papers), Political Theory and Influence (110 papers), Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy (92 papers), Political Economy and Marxism (74 papers) and Political Theology and Sovereignty (59 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Political Theory are John S. Dryzek , Lynn M. Sanders , Michael Walzer , Wendy Brown , Martha C. Nussbaum , Iris Marion Young , Bernard Manin , Simone Chambers , Jane Bennett and Chandran Kukathas .
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