7: Politics and History

Kimberly J. Morgan, George Washington University, kjmorgan@gwu.edu
Julian E. Zelizer, Princeton University, jzelizer@princeton.edu

Scholarship that falls under the umbrella of Politics and History is particularly well suited to address the main themes of the 2009 Annual Meeting - change and complexity. Historical analysis is essential for making sense of the nature and sources of institutional and policy change and for exploring the complex causal forces that underlie many political phenomena. We are particularly interested in proposals that examine the forces driving continuity and change over time. We also welcome papers and panels that investigate how historical methods can be deployed to address questions of import to political science. Proposals may also explore comparative or transnational phenomena in historical perspective.