About the Journal

Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science (ISSN [online] 2414-6633)  is an open access peer-reviewed academic journal published by the International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS). Founded in 2001, the journal publishes original research across all major subfields of political science and is committed to supporting the professional development of early-career researchers alongside established scholars.

All submissions, regardless of the author's career stage, undergo the same double-blind peer review process. The journal combines independent peer review with a developmental editorial approach, providing editorial guidance and professional copy-editing to support authors throughout the publication process while maintaining consistent editorial standards.

Politikon publishes two regular issues each year and accepts submissions on a rolling basis. The journal also publishes special issues on timely themes in political science. Proposals for special issues are welcome, and prospective guest editors are invited to contact the Editor-in-Chief.

As a diamond open access journal, Politikon charges no submission, processing, or publication fees. All published content is freely accessible worldwide under an open licence, supporting the widest possible dissemination of research.

Current Issue

Vol. 27 No. 1 (2026): Migration and Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Lexicon
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English

This special issue of Politikon, guest edited by Mauricio Palma-Gutiérrez, Cécile Blouin, and Lucie Laplace, brings together a group of scholars working at the intersection of migration studies, critical theory, and Latin American politics to offer a lexicon of key concepts shaping how we understand human mobility across the region. Rather than offering a definitive glossary, the entries in this issue invite us to think critically about the language we use to govern, categorise, and contest migration. The issue presents a collection of original contributions, each structured around a single concept examined from multiple disciplinary angles and presented bilingually in English and Spanish. 

The cover illustration, In the Middle, Maybe, is designed by Fernando Garlin Politis. The image presents the Americas in fragments and layers — solid mass and loose, crayon-drawn outlines overlapping and drifting — capturing something of what this lexicon itself sets out to do: to hold the map steady while questioning the lines drawn across it.

Spanish

Este número especial de Politikon, coordinado por Mauricio Palma-Gutiérrez, Cécile Blouin y Lucie Laplace, reúne a un colectivo de académicxs que trabajan en la intersección entre los estudios migratorios, la teoría crítica y la política latinoamericana para ofrecer un léxico de conceptos clave que moldean nuestra comprensión de la movilidad humana en la región. Más que ofrecer un glosario definitivo, este léxico constituye una invitación a reflexionar críticamente sobre el lenguaje que empleamos para gobernar, categorizar y cuestionar lo que entendemos por migración. El número presenta una colección de contribuciones originales, cada una estructurada en torno a un concepto específico, examinado desde múltiples perspectivas disciplinarias y presentado de forma bilingüe (en inglés y español).

La ilustración de portada, titulada In the Middle, Maybe (En el medio, tal vez), es obra de Fernando Garlin Politis. La imagen presenta las Américas fragmentadas y superpuestas en capas —donde masas sólidas y contornos difusos trazados con crayón se traslapan y se desplazan—, capturando así la esencia de lo que este léxico se propone: mantener el mapa firme mientras se cuestionan las líneas trazadas sobre él.

Published: 2026-09-29

Editorials

  • Migration and Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean A Lexicon

    Lucie Laplace, Mauricio Palma-Gutiérrez, Cécile Blouin
    2-19
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.6200

Research articles

  • Cartagena

    Cécile Blouin
    20-27
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.6201
  • Checkpoints and Militarised Humanitarianism

    Alethia Fernández de la Reguera
    28-33
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.6202
  • The Coloniality of Migration

    Erika Herrera Rosales
    35-40
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.6203
  • Externalisation

    Amalia Campos-Delgado
    41-48
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.6204
  • Generosity

    Mauricio Palma-Gutiérrez
    49-57
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.6206
  • Ir en Junta, Pedir Cola, Mulear

    Tania Bonilla Mena
    58-62
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.6207
  • Logistics

    Iréri Ceja
    63-70
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.6208
  • Migration Categorisation

    Lucie Laplace
    71-82
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.6205
  • Regularisation

    Marcia Vera Espinoza, Gisela P. Zapata, Vania Reyes Muñoz, Ana Penchaszadeh, João Carlos Jarochinski, Victoria Prieto Rosas, Luciana Gandini, Alethia Fernández de la Reguera, Camila Montiel, Julieta Nicolao, Natalia Debandi, Consuelo Sánchez Bautista, Gioconda Herrera, Gustavo Gatica, Julieta Bengochea, Marisol Franco
    83-91
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.6209
  • Transit Fetishism

    Carina Trabalón
    92-97
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.6210
  • Trocheros

    Fernando Garlin Politis, Marilou Sarrut
    98-103
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.6211
  • Turcos

    Esteban Devis-Amaya
    104-112
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.6212
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