Política y Cultura is a publication of the Department of Politics and Culture of the Division of Social Sciences at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Xochimilco Unit, Mexico. The UAM is considered one of the most important institutions of the country. It has an extensive network of communication and scientific, educational and cultural diffusion.

The journal covers a wide diversity of topics ranging from religion and gender issues, to those who are concerned with analyzing the historical evolution of national political events. It also reflects about the relationship between culture and society and the application of mathematics in the social sciences. Each issue of the journal covers a single topic in depth with a wide variety of perspectives. It is open for participation by academics working outside the institution to enrich the debate.

Its Editorial Committee is composed of academics of the UAM-Xochimilco, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Colegio de México, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Barcelona and Dartmouth College.

The objectives of Política y Cultura are, inter alia, the following:

• Disseminate the research outputs of the Division of Social Sciences.
• Strengthen the academic work, collectively and individually.
• Participate in the debate in the social sciences and humanities.
• Encourage, strengthen and enhance the scientific output.
• Contribute to a better understanding and a deeper analysis of social reality.
• Spread the use of mathematics in the study of social sciences and humanities.
• Link the Department with other higher-level educational institutions, domestic and foreign.

Política y Cultura receives and publishes articles in Spanish and English that are unpublished and outcome of high-quality research. It also accepts reviews, interviews and graphic expressions such as photographs, comic strips, drawings, cartoons, paintings, etc.

This journal has published biannually since 1992. All issues are available in LatAm-Studies Full Text.