All pieces will be refereed, including those commissioned by the editors. Politics is committed only to general standards of academic debate and all submissions will be considered without prejudice to the area of the discipline covered or the viewpoints expressed. Final decisions regarding publication lie with the editors. Authors should indicate the number of words, the inclusion of any diagrams, and provide an abstract of not more than 1000 words, plus a short one sentence description of their article to appear on the contents page. The editors are keen to encourage the submission of short responses and critiques and more substantial pieces which reflect upon the discipline of political science and might be useful in undergraduate teaching.
Material submitted by graduate students is especially welcome.
Articles of more than 3000 words will not normally be accepted, except pieces for State of the Art which should not be more than 4000 words. Footnotes should be kept to a minimum. They should be numbered consecutively, typed on a separate page at the end, and supplied as a separate file on the disk. The use of ibid. , op.cit. Page numbers defining the length of the article cited are preferable but not essential.