Tulane Studies in Political Science (TSPS) was begun by the Political Science Department in the early 1950s, the first volume being published in 1954. It was the fourth Tulane Studies to be founded, following ones in English, Philosophy and Zoology. All of these publications were initially funded by the Graduate School.

To date, 21 volumes of TSPS have been published, primarily in two formats: (1) single-authored monographs by a Tulane political scientists, and (2) edited collections of essays by several authors, at least one editor and one author being a Tulane political scientist.

Listed below are all of the volumes of TSPS, with author and year of publication. If you are interested in obtaining a copy of a particular volume, please contact us for ordering information.

Vol. I Presidential Election in Louisiana, 1952 by L. Vaughan Howard and David R. Deener, 1954.

Vol. II The New Orleans Voter by Leonard Reissman, K.H. Silvert, and Cliff W. Wing, Jr., and Republicanism in New Orleans by Kenneth N. Vines, 1955.

Vol. III Civil Service Development in Louisiana by L. Vaughan Howard, 1956.

Vol. IV International Law and the Middle East Crisis: A Symposium, 1957.

Vol. V Toynbee’s Approach to World Politics by Henry L. Mason, 1958.

Vol. VI Government in Metropolitan New Orleans by L. Vaughan Howard and Robert S. Friedman, 1959.

Vol. VII Government and Politics of Uruguay by Philip B. Taylor, Jr., 1960.

Vol. VIII Studies in Judicial Politics by Kenneth Vines and Herbert Jacob, 1962.

Vol. IX The Meaning of the Separation of Powers by William B. Gwyn, 1965.

Vol. X Mass Demonstrations Against Foreign Regimes by Henry L. Mason, 1966.

Vol. XI Power in American State Legislatures: Case Studies of the Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma Legislatures by Alex B. Lacy, Jr., (ed.), 1967.

Vol. XII The Politics of Regional Integration: The Central American Case by James D. Cochrane, 1969.

Vol. XIII No volume.

Vol. XIV College and University Government: A Handbook of Principle and Practice by Henry L. Mason, 1972.

Vol. XV Perspectives on Public Policy Making by William B. Gwyn and George C. Edwards III, (ed.), 1975.

Vol. XVI Psychopathology and Political Leadership by Robert S. Robins, (ed.), 1977.

Vol. XVII Britain, Progress and Decline by William B. Gwyn and Richard Rose, (ed.), 1980.

Vol. XVIII The Louisiana Republican Party, 1948-1984: The Building of a State Political Party by Stella Z. Theodoulou, 1985.

Vol. XIX The Emergence of David Duke and the Politics of Race by Douglas Rose, (ed.), 1992.

Vol. XX Louisiana and Quebec: Bilateral Relations and Comparative Sociopolitical Evolution, 1673-1993 by Alfred Olivier Hero, Jr., 1995.

Vol. XXI Misunderstood Caudillo: Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes and the Failure of Democracy in Guatemala by Roland H. Ebel, 1997.