Contributions are welcomed by the Editors. All correspondence and other material dealing with editorial matters should be addressed to Distinktion, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Email: distinktion@ps.au.dk
Send your submission as an email attachment (Word document) to distinktion@ps.au.dk
Books for review should be sent to the same address.
Form
1. The title of the article, the author's name and address, and a biographical note should be typed on a separate cover sheet, that is, as a separate file. The biographical note should include degrees, institutional affiliation, recent publications, and address.
2. The title must brief and should not exceed 31 characters. Subtitles should not exceed 57 characters.
3. Abstract and keywords: A 150 to 250 word description of the article, labelled "Abstract", should be submitted double-spaced as a separate file. 7-8 keywords should be added.
4. Language: Only articles in English are accepted.
5. Size: Articles should generally contain between 6,000 and 8,000 words; review essays between 3,000 and 5,000.
6. Body: The pages should be numbered serially. The relative status of section headings should be clearly indicated. Use only three levels of headings.
7. Notes: Use (few) endnotes. Notes are for explanation and comments, as distinct from references; they may themselves contain references to the bibliography.
8. Quotations: For quotations within the text please make sure to use single inverted commas on all occasions, except for a quotation within a quotation which should be placed within double inverted commas. Quotations longer than 40 words should be put in an indented paragraph format without the use of inverted commas.
9. Style: use a clear readable style, avoiding jargon. If technical terms or acronyms must be included, define them when first used. Use non-racist, non-sexist language and plurals rather than he/she. Use as few italics as possible. Do not italicize foreign words or repeated foreign vocabulary.
10. Spellings: UK or US spellings may be used with '-ize' spellings as given in the Oxford English Dictionary (e.g. organize, recognize).
11. References: References in the text to books and articles should be cited thus: either 'it has been demonstrated (Merton, 1957: 135–6; Luhmann, 1993a; 1993b) that' or 'the work of Parsons (1964) demonstrates that' or 'different concepts of rationality have emerged (cf. Weber, 1971; Rose, 1996)'. No 'op.cit.', 'ibid.' etc. should be used.
12. Bibliography: The bibliography should give details for all such citations. It should include all information and be arranged in alphabetical order by authors' names and the items should follow this style:
Books:
Lefebvre, Henri (1991) The Production of Space, trans. D. Nicholson-Smith. Oxford: Blackwell.
Luhmann, Niklas (1993a) Das Recht der Gesellschaft. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.
Weber, Max (1971 [1921]) Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Grundriß der verstehenden Soziologie. Tübingen: J.B.C. Mohr.
Articles in books:
Luhmann, Niklas (1993b) 'Zeichen als Form', pp. 45–69 in Dirk Baecker (ed) Probleme der Form. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.
Merton, Robert K. (1957 [1938]) 'Social Structure and Anomie', pp. 131–60 in Social Theory and Social Structure. Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press.
Rose, Nikolas (1996) 'Governing "advanced" liberal democracies', pp. 37–64 in Andrew Barry, Thomas Osborne and Nikolas Rose (eds) Foucault and political reason: liberalism, neo-liberalism and rationalities of government. London: UCL Press.
Journal articles:
Bartelson, Jens (2000) 'Three Concepts of Globalization', International Sociology 15(2): 180–96.
Papers:
Mouffe, Chantal (2001) 'Globalization and Democratic Citizenship', paper presented at the Faculty of the Social Sciences, Tokyo University, January.
Websites:
Rafaeli, Sheizaf and Fay Sudweeks (1997) 'Networked Interactivity', Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 2(4), URL (consulted September, 2004): www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol2/issue4/rafaeli.sudweeks.html.
Accepted Contributions
1. It is a condition of acceptance that the contribution has not already appeared in print (apart from quotations and illustrations, the source of which is acknowledged), that it is not under consideration elsewhere, and that, if published, it will not be reproduced in whole or in substantial part without the permission of the publishers.
2. Proofs will be dispatched by the publishers to the contributors who should return them as soon as possible to the Editors. Misprints should be corrected.
3. The Editors reserve the right to edit papers to conform to correct English and the style of the journal.
4. Contributors will receive 10 free offprints of their article and two free copies of the journal. In the case of joint authorship, offprints must be shared.
5. The Editors expect the author to participate constructively in improving parts of a draft that are in need of revision.