ON THE ACADEMIC JOB MARKET. Signifying Nothing's Chris Lawrence weighs in on dysfunction in political science.

Anyone who believes that “racist, sexist, and homophobic” attacks are solely motivated by a lack of civility—rather than being based on (quite likely falsely-held) beliefs about widespread non-merit-based decision-making in hiring, tenure, and promotion at most institutions and within APSA itself—is quite simply dangerously naïve.

Question: why is the president of the American Political Science Association following a comment thread at a weblog specializing in academic job rumors?