About this Series
The series Cambridge Elements in Race, Ethnicity, and Politics is an innovative publishing initiative in the social sciences. The series publishes important original research that breaks new ground in the study of race, ethnicity, and politics. It welcomes research that speaks to the current political moment, research that provides new perspectives on established debates, and interdisciplinary research that sheds new light on previously understudied topics and groups.
The series is open to all methodological approaches and subfields. It explicitly seeks to create conversations across subfield and disciplinary boundaries, showcasing the dynamism and breadth of scholarship that acknowledges the centrality of race and ethnicity within political life. Reflecting the growing body of race and ethnicity scholarship in the social sciences, the series will include comparative and international perspectives.
An overarching goal of the series is to connect rigorous academic research with broader public conversation. Cambridge Elements publishes works of 20,000-30,000 words on an accelerated schedule, with scope for new visual and digital features. The format thus offers special opportunities for scholars to address emerging issues and to do so in texts that are concise and accessible.
Areas of interest
The series will publish works in areas including but not limited to:
- Social Movements
- Statebuilding
- Public Policy
- Racial Capitalism
- Comparative Racial Politics
- Gender and Intersectionality
- Representation
- Foundations of Democracy
- Carceral State
- Measurement in REP
- Wartime
- Race in the Trump Era
- Urban Politics
- Religion
- Political Parties
- Political Violence
Editor Biography
Megan Ming Francis is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington and History and Political Development Field Director of the Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality and Race (WISIR). She is also co-Director (with Michael C. Dawson) of the National Project on Race and Capitalism. Francis is the author of the award-winning book Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State (2014). She is particularly interested in American political and constitutional development, race, the criminal legal system, black politics, philanthropy, and the post-Civil War South.
Contact the Editor
Megan Ming Francis: meganmf@uw.edu
