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Our bimonthly journal of research

The ANNALS of the AAPSS addresses society’s most important problems and concerns with high-quality research.

First published in 1890, The ANNALS took its current form in 1914. Each of our bimonthly volumes takes up a particular social challenge or phenomenon, mustering research and evidence to illuminate it in ways that advance science and public policy.

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Educating Boys: Bridging Gaps, Building Futures

Volume 717, January 2025

Special Editors: Steven N. Durlauf and James A. Robinson

Meritocracy, while commanding wide public assent, has been at the center of policy and scholarly controversies, such as debates over hiring policies and admissions procedures. Advocates view meritocracy as just and efficient, while critics contend that it rationalizes and reinforces inequalities. This is the first of a two-volume collection that aims to synthesize the state of knowledge about meritocracy and explore different perspectives on its viability, and it includes multidisciplinary perspectives on meritocracy’s history, definitional complexities, and ethical considerations.

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Remembering Former AAPSS President Kenneth Prewitt

What Census Data Miss About American Diversity

Volume 677, May 2018

Special Editors: Richard Alba and Kenneth Prewitt

In anticipation of the 2020 US Census, this volume examines the difficulty of aligning census ethnoracial categories with America’s changing demography. Intrarace variability, inconsistency in racial self-identification, and inadequate measurement of second- and third-generation Americans all threaten to lower the reliability of collected data, which can consequently weaken policy decisions that affect economic growth, government reforms, immigrant assimilation, and public perception. The articles discuss the complexities of categorizing and tracking an increasingly diverse population, as well as how that growing diversity affects societal dynamics.

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