Information for Authors

Articles submitted to Politico must be original and must not be under consideration by another journal.
Original contributions on themes of national and international importance are invited from scholars and practitioners.
Manuscripts should address subjects within the broad scope of the journal.
Book reviews are also accepted.

All notes and references must be numbered consecutively and placed at the end of the article.
Book references should include author, italicised title, place of publication, publisher, year and page numbers, in that order.
Place of publication, publisher and year should appear within brackets.
In subsequent references to the same work, ibid. and op. cit. may be used.
Article references should include author, article title in double quotation marks, italicised journal title, volume and issue numbers, year and page numbers, in that order.

Research articles should be between 4,000 and 6,000 words, including notes and references.
Shorter essays of 1,500–2,000 words are invited for the Notes and Comments section.
All articles must include an abstract of no more than 150 words.
Supply the author's name, institutional affiliation, complete address, email and telephone/fax details.
A short biographical statement is required.
British spelling should be used throughout the manuscript.

Only electronic soft copies are accepted.
Prepare the paper in MS Word using 12-point Times New Roman font and 1.5 line spacing.

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