To submit a manuscript for consideration in Global Social Policy,
please email it as a Word document to gsp@mcmaster.ca.
Aims and Scope
Global Social Policy is a fully peer reviewed journal that advances the understanding of the impact of globalization processes upon social policy and social development on the one hand, and the impact of social policy upon globalization processes on the other hand.
1. Papers should be written in English.
2. Papers should not have been previously published, nor be currently under consideration elsewhere. Please attach to every submission a letter confirming that all authors have agreed to the submission and that the article is not currently being considered for publication by any other journal.
3. Authors should submit manuscripts as an E-mail attachment in Microsoft Word.
4. Papers should be as short as is consistent with clear presentation of subject matter. There is no absolute limit on length but 8500 words, including footnotes and references, is a useful maximum. The title should indicate exactly, but as briefly as possible, the subject of the paper. An abstract of 100-150 words should precede the main text, accompanied by up to 5 key words and a bio-bibliographical note of 50-100 words.
5. Papers must be typed in double spacing throughout (especially all notes and references), with generous margins on all sides, but without justification. All pages should be numbered.
6. All relevant papers submitted to Global Social Policy are subject to blind peer review. Global Social Policy operates a rigorous double-blind peer review process in which the identity of both the reviewer and author are always concealed from both parties.
7. Global Social Policy endorses the guidelines provided by the British Sociological Association for non-sexist and non-racist language.
8. Titles and section headings should be clear and brief with a maximum of three orders of heading. American or UK spelling may be used, to the author's preference. Indicate italic type by underlining, and use single quotation marks. Dates should be in the form 9 May 1994. Take out points in USA and other such abbreviations.
9. Tables and figures should have short, descriptive titles. All footnotes to tables and their source(s) should be typed below the tables. Column headings should clearly define the data presented. Tables/figures should be sent as a separate electronic file. Artwork intended for same-size use should be a maximum size of 188:113 mm (page depth: page width). Line diagrams can also be presented as camera-ready copy on glossy paper (b/w, unless to be reproduced - by arrangement - in colour) but preferably as EPS files (all fonts embedded) or TIFF files, 800 dpi - b/w only. For scanning, photographs should preferably be submitted as clear, glossy, unmounted b/w prints with a good range of contrast or on disk as TIFF files, 300 dpi.
10. References. When referring to a source whose name is in the text, use only the author's name, with year of publication in brackets, e.g. Young (1989) argues.... If the author's name is not in the text, include both the author's name and year of publication separated by a comma within brackets, e.g. (Young, 1989). Pagination follows year, e.g. (Young, 1989: 140). With dual publication, give both names, e.g. (Murphy and Fischer, 1983); for three, four or five authors, cite all authors the first time the reference appears in the text, and in subsequent citations, include only the surname of the first author followed by et al., e.g. (Ruberman et al., 1984); when a work has six or more authors, cite only the surname of the first author followed by et al. If there is more than one reference to the same author and year, distinguish between them by use of the letters a, b etc. after the year of publication, e.g. (Parsons, 1951a). A series of references should be enclosed within a single pair of brackets, separated by semicolons, e.g. (Cohen, 1988; Cohen and Wills, 1985; Payne and Jones, 1987).
All references cited in the text should be listed alphabetically and presented in full at the end of the article using the following style:
Alonzo, A.A. (1979) 'Everyday illness behavior: A situational approach to health status deviations', Social Science and Medicine, 13, 397-404.
Charmaz, K. (1991) Good days, bad days: The self in chronic illness and time. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
Kaufert, P.A. and McKinlay, S.M. (1985) 'Estrogen-replacement therapy: The production of medical knowledge and the emergence of policy', in Lewin, E. and Olesen, V. (eds) Women, health and healing: Toward a new perspective. New York: Tavistock.
Pollack, M. (ed.) (1992) AIDS: A problem for sociological research. London: Sage.
Articles that do not conform to the fundamentals of this style will be returned to the authors for revision.
11. Notes. Authors should use endnotes, not footnotes. Endnotes should be written in plain text, without embedded endnote formatting. Whenever possible, endnotes are to be kept to a minimum.
12. Quotations. Lengthy quotations (of more than 40 words) should be displayed, indented, without the use of quotation marks. References to sources should be given at the end of the quotation, with the author's name and year of publication in brackets. Shorter quotes should be retained within the body of the text, within single quotation marks. Double quotation marks should only be used for a quotation within a quotation.
13. Following acceptance of the paper for publication, authors will be asked to supply the final version of their paper. The paper must be clearly labelled with the date, title, author name, and full contact details (including postal address, telephone, and fax details if applicable).
14. Authors will receive proofs of their articles. Upon publication authors will receive electronic offprints of their article and a complimentary jounral copy. A maximum of 5 journal copies will be supplied for multi-authored articles; these will be supplied to the corresponding author for distribution.
16. Typescripts. Authors should retain a copy of their typescript and send an electronic copy as a Word document, prepared in accordance with these guidelines, fully numbered and legible, with all figures and tables and a covering letter to: Kara Vincent, GSP Managing Editor at: gsp@mcmaster.ca
If electronic submission of your manuscript is not possible, a hard copy version may be sent to Kara Vincent at: Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4M4.
While it is strongly encouraged that all authors submit their manuscripts to our Managing Editor, manuscripts may also be sent to our Regional Editors.
Authors submitting manuscripts from South Asia may choose to submit their material to: Rama Baru, GSP South Asian Regional Editor, Jawaharal Nehru University, School of Sciences, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, New Delhi 110067, India, email: rbaru2002@yahoo.co.uk
Authors submitting their manuscripts from Africa may choose to submit their material to: Adebayo Olukoshi, GSP African Regional Editor, CODESRIA, B.P. 3304, Dakar, Senegal, email: adebayo.olukoshi@codesria.sn
Authors submitting their manuscripts from East Asia may choose to submit their material to: Huck-ju Kwon, GSP East Asian Regional Editor, Graduate school of Public Adminstration 599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 151-742, Korea, email: hkwon4@snu.ac.kr
Authors submitting their manuscripts from Latin America may choose to submit their material to:Rosalia Cortes, GSP Latin American Regional Editor, FLASCO-CONICET, Ayacucho 551, Buenos Aires, Argentina, email: rcortes@filbertel.com.ar
Authors interested in submitting a review essay to Global Social Policy may contact the Reviews Editor to request guidelines for submission. Global Social Policy encourages authors with ideas for book review essays to discuss their feasibility before begninning or submitting a review. Contact S.Akabar Zaidi: GSP Reviews Editor, TP-3, Block B, Fourth Floor, Mall Square, Zamzama Boulevard, DHA Phase 5, Karachi, Pakistan, email: sakbarzaidi@gmail.com
Authors wishing to view guidelines for Special Issue Proposals, Review Essays, or Forum contributions may contact the Managing Editor at gsp@mcmaster.ca
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