International Political Science Review (IPSR) | Call for Proposals for a Special Issue in 2019
Publication date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017
IPSR is inviting proposals for a special issue in 2019. Prospective guest editors of a special issue should submit proposals to ipsr.journal@gmail.com by no later than September 30, 2017.
Special issues should be devoted to a theme of general interest to the discipline, relevant across different regions and subfields. Applicants are advised to avoid themes that relate too closely to topics covered in recent special issues (please see below for a list of these topics).
Special issues should consist of a substantial introduction (of c. 6,000 words), plus six to eight articles (maximum 8,000 words) that meet IPSR submission criteria.
All proposals should include the following:
- Outline of theme
- Rationale in relation to theoretical significance, timeliness and general interest to the discipline.
- Abstracts (250 words) of the proposed articles (six to eight articles and editorial introduction).
- Brief (one paragraph) biographies for authors and editors.
Prospective guest editors will be informed whether their proposal has been accepted by November 2017.
Guest editors will be responsible for ensuring the articles are submitted online by an agreed deadline (most probably June 30, 2018), in accordance with regular IPSR submission guidelines.
The IPSR editors will be responsible for arranging double-blind peer reviews of the articles.
Queries relating to special issues should be directed to the IPSR editors at
Recent IPSR special issues
2014
Mona Lena Krook and Pär Zetterberg, Electoral quotas and political representation IPSR Vol. 35 (1), 2014
Ekaterina R Rashkova and Ingrid van Biezen, The legal regulation of political parties IPSR Vol 35 (3), 2014
2015
Nathalie Brack and Nicholas Startin, Euroscepticism from the margins to the mainstream IPSR Vol. 36 (3), 2015
2016
Nicole George and Laura J Shepherd, Exploring the implementation of UNSCR 1325 Vol. 37 (3) 2016
Marianne Kneuer, Brigitte Geissel and Hans-Joachim Lauth, Measuring the quality of democracy, IPSR Vol. 37 (5), 2016
2017
Adrian Little and Sarah Maddison, Conflict Reconciliation
IPSR Vol. 38 (2), 2017
Others in process
Vedi Hadiz and Angelos Chryssogelos, Populism in world politics
Olli Hellmann and Aurel Croissant, State capacity, elections and the resilience of authoritarian rule
Bjoern Dressel, Raul Sanchez-Urribarri, Alexander Stroh, Informal networks and judicial institutions
Maria Koinova and Gerasimos Tsourapas, State and non-state actors in diaspora and emigration politics