Melbourne Journal of Politics
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The Melbourne Journal of Politics has issued a new general call for papers for Volume 34. This Volume will be published in March 2010, we apologise for the delay and the inconvenience this may cause.
MJP Volume 33 is now available. To purchase copies contact: editors[at]mjp.unimelb.edu.au FAO sales. Electronic version available soon.
Advisory Board
The Melbourne Journal of Politics is currently finalising its Advisory Board and its members will be announced shortly.Editorial Team
Editor: David Walker
Editor (Submissions): Philippa Brant / Gloria Martinez
Editor (Book Review): Emily Fitzgerald
Editor (Production): Alissa van Vuuren / James Hay
Submissions Team: Kadira Pethiyagoda, Alissa van Vuuren, Linda Quayle, Cate Read, Ben Glasson, Michael Pickering
Subscriptions: Michael Pickering
About Us
Melbourne Journal of Politics (MJP) is an interdisciplinary academic journal produced annually since 1968. We publish widely in all fields associated with political science, including political theory, public policy, international relations, European studies, post-colonial studies, political science and sociology. All articles are fully refereed and are published in accordance with DEST requirements as specified in the Higher Education Research Data Collection handbook. We encourage submissions primarily, but not exclusively, from post-graduate students and early career academics.
The Melbourne Journal of Politics is published yearly in March. A general Call for Papers is issued on 15 May every year and the submissions deadline is 1st of August.
Postal address: Melbourne Journal of Politics,
The University of Melbourne,
Room 234, Level 2,
234, Queensberry Street,
Carlton, Vic 3053
Australia.
Email address: editors[at]mjp.unimelb.edu.au
Telephone number: +61 (03) 8344 9485
Submissions
Melbourne Journal of Politics accepts manuscripts via email to editors at mjp.unimelb.edu.au. The deadline for submissions is 1st August and the requirements will be announced in our general Call for Papers on 15th May. The body of the email may serve as a cover letter and must include contact information (postal addresses, phone, fax, and email addresses) for all authors. Manuscripts should not contain authors' names or any references that might identify the author. Melbourne Journal of Politics does not release authors' names to outside reviewers and, likewise, does not release reviewers' names to authors.
MJP accepts research articles, commentaries, review essays, research notes and book reviews for consideration. All submissions must undergo a refereeing process and must conform to MJP's standards. When we receive your article and have verified that the style requirements have been met, we will send your submission out for review. Book reviews are edited by the editorial team and are not subjected to a blind peer review process. Keep in mind that it normally takes a few weeks to receive an acknowledgment email to confirm the receipt of a manuscript, and up to three months or more to reach a decision. Please click here for the MJP Style Guide and the MJP Style Guide for Book Reviews.
Research Articles: Manuscripts of between 5000 and 7000 words that make outstanding contributions to scholarly knowledge about notable theoretical concerns, puzzles, or controversies in any subfield of political science.
Critiques: Shepherding manuscripts that are largely or entirely critiques or commentaries on previously published articles will be reviewed using the same general procedures as for other manuscripts, with one exception. In addition to the usual number of reviewers, such manuscripts will also be sent to the author(s) whose work is being criticised, in the same anonymous fashion as they are sent to reviewers. Comments from the original author(s) to the editor will be invited as a supplement to the advice of reviewers. This notice to the original author is intended: (1) to encourage review of the details of the analyses or research procedures that might escape the notice of disinterested reviewers; (2) to enable prompt publication of critiques by supplying criticised authors with early notice of their existence and, therefore, more adequate time to reply; (3) as a courtesy to the criticised author.
Commentaries should provide pithy reports on major events such as elections, referenda, significant court decisions and other key developments nationally and internationally. Submitted commentaries may be refereed through the same double blind peer review process as applies to articles or they may be internally reviewed by the editorial team. These should not exceed 3,000 words.
Review Essays: In the "Review Essays" section, authors may review a small set of books, articles, films or other "texts" in order to show how these materials illuminate a larger conceptual, political, or normative concern. These articles range in length, averaging but not exceeding 2000 E3000 words. Review essays examine a cluster of important books or films on a general theme with the aim of providing our interdisciplinary audience an engaged overview of developments in current scholarship. Our review essays are original pieces in their own right that not only review important works but offer a sustained argument about theoretical trends and new research developments that would be of interest to our diverse readership. While review essays engage the main arguments of each book under consideration, the point is not simply to review each text but to show how the texts, taken together, illuminate a question of importance for political theory, policy, and practice. In this way, review essays are able to synthesize recent research and examine emerging scholarly trends. Remember that the aim of a review essay is to allow our writers the opportunity to confront important issues discussed in the books under review. A book's ideas and arguments, not its organization, style, or physical appearance, should be the reviewer's main concern. The editors are particularly keen to develop new and exciting approaches to reviewing the discipline and would be happy to consider a range of ideas and suggestions.
Research notes: These should not exceed 3000 words. Research Notes may be shorter reports of single findings, useful extensions or replications of previous research, or other additions to the literature that warrant publication without the more extended theoretical development or detailed analysis characteristic of regular articles. Notes are refereed and subject to the same high standards applied to other articles. Research Note manuscripts should follow the guidelines for regular articles. This does not include tables, figures, and appendices, all of which should be kept to a minimum in Research Notes. Research Notes are pieces that include exploratory research that lacks a strong theoretical foundation, methodological studies, replications and extensions of past research, and commentaries with new empirical content. Generally, these will be narrower in scope than manuscripts submitted as Regular Articles.
Copyright: Authors whose articles are selected for publication will receive both the final acceptance email by Editors in Chief and Copyright Form. This Copyright Form needs imperatively be completed and signed, and returned to Melbourne Journal of Politics at the following address before final manuscripts are sent to print:
Melbourne Journal of Politics,
The University of Melbourne,
Room 234, Level 2,
234, Queensberry Street,
Carlton, Vic 3053
Australia.
Purchasing MJP
Copies are available at $20AUD per issue plus postage ($5.50 domestic, $15 international). Please note that international cheques will also incur a $12 service charge. Electronic payment incurs no service charge and is strongly preferred. Contact details listed above.
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