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<P>CALL FOR PAPERS</P>
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<P>The Editorial Board of Politikon, the International Association for Political
Science Students’ Academic Journal, invites graduate and undergraduate students
to submit papers for review and possible publication in its 13th edition.</P>
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<P>Founded in 2001, the journal is published twice yearly and distributed in
hard copy and online to more than 10,000 IAPSS members in more than 40 countries
on every continent. Politikon publishes the best in undergraduate and graduate
student scholarship from around the world. Politikon is recognised globally for
its position as one of the leading academic journals publishing the work of
students from across the fields of political science and international
relations. The peer-review and refereeing process involves full Professors,
leading academics and experts from across the world and abstracts from Politikon
are included in the International Political Science Association’s (IPSA) Annual
International Political Science Abstracts.</P>
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<P>Politikon is funded through contributions from both private and public
institutions. These have included local and regional political science
associations from throughout Europe and, in recent times, the European
Commission. As well, Politikon benefits from IAPSS’s partnerships with other
established political science associations – including IPSA, the International
Studies Association (ISA) and the European Political Science Network (epsNet) –
with Politikon authors being invited to attend and present their research at
major conferences and seminars. Events where Politikon authors have been invited
include the 2006 ISA Annual Convention in San Diego and the 2007 IPSA Congress
in Fukuoka, with authors also being invited to the forthcoming 2007 ISA Annual
Convention in Chicago.</P>
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<P>In a crowded academic publication market Politikon has carved out a niche,
becoming on of the longest standing and most highly regarded journals of
political science and international relations for students in the world.</P>
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<P>Articles submitted to the journal should meet the following standards:</P>
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<P>· English language</P>
<P>· 4000 – 7000 words, including footnotes</P>
<P>· Microsoft Word or RTF file format</P>
<P>· Fully referenced in Harvard style (see </FONT><A
href="http://tinyurl.com/nsfcg"><U><FONT color=#0000ff
size=4>http://tinyurl.com/nsfcg</U></FONT></A><FONT size=4>)</P>
<P>· An abstract of no more than 125 words</P>
<P>· Biographical information of the author (no more than 50 words)</P>
<P>· Be concerned with political science, international relations, international
law, political economy, public policy or a related field. For this issue the
Editorial Board is particularly interested in articles which consider
environmental issues.</P>
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<P>Submissions should be emailed directly to politikonjournal@iapss.org. A reply
confirming receipt will be sent within 24 hours. All submissions should be
received no later than 31st January 2007. For morw information pls see </FONT><A
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