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The inaugural issue of the journal is comprised of conference papers presented for, Democracy, Politics and the Changing Role of Participation: A Youth Perspective held at The University of Nottingham, 13 June 2007.
02 - SEPTEMBER 2008 - CALL FOR PAPERS
Focus on Africa
To coincide with the launch of Agora Group Ghana, the next issue of Youth and Democracy will be an African Special Edition that focuses on issues of development, education and politics.
As a themed issue, Focus on Africa provides the opportunity for discussion in the areas of democratic development, economic reform, developmental issues, education and society.
There is no restriction based upon geographical constraints, rather the aim is to generate debate on issues of relevance in African Nations and to highlight events and development on a wider scale.
This journal provides the opportunity to publish and influence debate on an international level. We welcome submissions on a variety of areas and, as a journal dedicated to providing a platform
for student publication, Youth and Democracy can therefore guarantee that all accepted submissions will not be left out for lack of space.
Youth and Democracy is a journal specifically aimed at students and young people.
The aim is to provide a forum through which young people can publish and debate their ideas and proposals.
This journal provides students with the opportunity to publish at an early stage of their academic
careers and to be involved in the process of creating policy papers and recommendations.
Themed issues will revolve around specific events or areas of debate and presenters
at Agora Conferences will see their work published in this journal.
Throughout the year, papers will be accepted that deal with issues relating to
youth and democracy. There is neither limit nor restriction based upon geographic or thematic content
and the goal is to provide a platform for informed and informative discussion.
Submissions
Youth and Democracy is dedicated to providing a platform for student publication and can therefore guarantee
that all accepted submissions will not be left out for lack of space. Our aim is to turn around articles within
three to six to months of initial submission. Prospective guest editors should approach the Editor with a
proposal for a themed issue. Prospective book reviewers should approach the Editor directly..
Editorial Board
Journal Editor
Christopher Hill
School of Politics and International Relations
University of Nottingham
Email:
Tel: +44 7900 931 208
Editorial Advisory Board
Olivia Draeger
Maria Garcia
Cornelius Grebe
Asaf Siniver
Philippa Scott
Notes for Contributors
Articles should:
Be original and not be under consideration by any other publication
Not normally exceed 5000 words
Be written in a clear and concise style
Conform to the instructions outlined below:
Submissions to Youth and Democracy should be sent, in the first instance, in an email message to the Editor.
Included in the email should be the relevant information about the author, including the author's name, institutional affiliation,
biographical note and an address and e-mail for correspondence on a separate sheet from the article.
Articles should present, after the title:
1. An abstract (max. 150 words) in English, regardless of the language of the article
2. Keywords (max. 6)
Articles should be double-spaced.
Margins should be 1 inch/2.5 cm all round, and not use hyphenation
Pagination should be continuous with numbers applied top right.
Images - tables, photographs, graphs and graphics - should all be entitled 'Figure' and numbered consecutively,
as well as be clearly printed. The source must be indicated below. If all images are less than half a page, they may be
inserted into the text according to the place of insertion. Otherwise, they should be placed on separate pages at the end of the article.
In this case, ensure that an indication has been given as to where they should be placed in the text, e.g. Insert Figure 3 here.
Quotations should be used sparingly and be identified by 'single' quotation marks if they are embedded in the text.
Longer quotations (i.e. longer than 45 words) must be indented without quotes. Both should be referenced using the Harvard system (see below).
The page number(s) should be included. Foreign words and phrases inserted in the text should be italicized.
Footnotes, Endnotes and References
Explanatory 'notes' should be kept to a minimum: they will appear in the outside margins of the text. Please use Word's (or equivalent)
note-making facility and ensure that they are submitted as Endnotes, not Footnotes and place note calls outside the punctuation
(i.e. after the comma or full-stop).
The note call must be in superscripted Arabic (1, 2, 3), not Roman (i, ii, iii).Bibliographical references should use the
'Harvard system'. So (author + year: page) - e.g. (Preston 1986: 84) - should be inserted into the text.
Each reference should be included in a list of 'References' at the end of the text. Publications not mentioned in the text
should not be included in this list, though they may be included under a separate 'Further Reading' list
- Book Format:
Author surname, Initial (year), Title in italics, Place of publication: Publisher. e.g. Preston, P. (1986),
The Triumph of Democracy in Spain, London: Methuen.
- Article format:
Author surname, Initial (year), 'Title in single quotation marks', Name of journal in italics, volume number:
issue number (and/or month or quarter), page reference of entire article. For example, Corkill, D. (1992),
'Imperfect bipolarism? Portugal's political system after the 1991 parliamentary election', ACIS, 5: 2 (Spring), pp. 20-34.
- Web publication format:
Websites should be referenced as publishers of material. A separate author and the title of the information/document/pdf article
should be supplied, as should the date of access, where appropriate. e.g. Gentile, A. (2003), 'En las tramas del McJob:
descualificación laboral y riesgos de vulnerabilidad social para los trabajadores de fast food', Documento de Trabajo del CSIC,
UPC 03-13, http://www.iesam.csic.es/doctrab.htm. Accessed 23 January 2004.
If the website is the 'home site' of an organization publishing material without named author(s),
the organization should appear as the author. e.g. PSOE (2004), 'Zapatero pide al PSOE que sea la voz de los ciudadanos',
News item 2 February 2004,
Newspaper articles should be referenced by their authors if there is a by-line, i.e. Surname, Initial (Year),
'Headline title', Newspaper Title, date of publication, page reference.
- Electronic Newspaper format:
If it is a web news article, the day/month/year of its initial publication should be given. eg. news articles from
El Mundo or El País online.
