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1. Structure and styling of texts

Maximum number of characters
47.000 characters including spaces and full bibliography,
equivalent to approximately 7.000 words (unless otherwise
agreed). Inserted graphics and diagrams reduce the number
of characters.

Additional information
• Author`s name and address including e-mail
• Short academic profile (affiliation and profession, research
focus)
• Abstract in English (around 100 words)

Citation and Footnotes
- “American citation”
- A complete bibliography has to be provided at the end of the
article.
- No footnotes, only few endnotes

Italics
• book titles
• words in foreign languages

Quotation marks
Ambiguous phraseologies, conceptual emphasis

Graphics
- Please save graphics as tif-file in 300dpi resolution.
- Please, indicate title and source.

Numbering of headings
1. First Level Headings
1.1 Second Level Headings

Miscellaneous
- Please use gender sensitive writing
- Save texts as Word *.doc or *.rtf in standard-format

 

2. Citation within the text (no footnotes, no endnotes!)

One author  
(Last Name Year) (Marcuse 1990)
(Last Name Year: ##) (Marcuse 1990: 247)
(Last Name Year: ##f.) (Marcuse 1990: 247f.)
(Last Name Year: ##ff.) (Marcuse 1990: 247ff.)

Two authors/editors  
(Last Name/Last Name Year) (Largo/Bertranou 1998)
(Last Name/Last Name Year: ##)  
(Last Name/Last Name Year: ##f.)  
(Last Name/Last Name Year: ##ff.)  

More than two authors/editors  
(Last Name et al. Year) (Fischer et al. 2004)
(Last Name et al. Year: ##)  
(Last Name et al. Year: ##f.)  
(Last Name et al. Year: ##ff.)  

 

3. Guidelines for the Bibliography

One author  
Book Last Name, First Name (Year): Title. Place of Publication:
Publishing House.

Example:
Keremitsis, Dawn (1987): The Cotton Textile Industry in Porfiriato. Mexico 1870-1910. New York/London: Garland Publishing Inc.
Gramsci, Antonio (1992): Gefängnishefte. Hamburg: Argument
Article in journal Last Name, First Name (Year): Title. In: Journal vol (no.), ##-##.

Example:
Burton, Micheal G./Higley, John (2001): The Study of Elite Transformations. In: International Review of Sociology 11(2), 181-99.
Schwank, Oliver (2003): Staat, Markt und Demokratisierung im
Entwicklungsprozess: Zur Neuorientierung der Weltbankpolitik in den 1990er Jahren. In: Journal für Entwicklungspolitik 19(3), 52-68.
Newspaper article Last Name, First Name (Year): Title. In: Newspaper no., Date, ##.

Example:
Aiolfi, Sergio (1998): Wirtschaftsnobelpreis an indischen Forscher. Ehrung Amartya Sens für Beiträge zur Wohlfahrtsökonomie. In: NZZ 239, 15.10.1998, 21.
Internet document Last Name, First Name (Year): Title. <URL>, Date of Download
(= last visit).
Example:
Marcuse, Peter (2000): Enclaves yes, ghettoes, no: segregation and state.
http://www.lincolninst.edu/courses/segreg/marcuse, 13.5.2009.
Article in edited volume Last Name, First Name (Year): Title. In: Last Name, First Name
(ed./eds.): Title. Place of Publication: Publishing House, ##-##.

Example:
Knight, Alan (1985): The Political Economy of Revolutionary Mexico 1900-1940. In: Abel, Christopher/Lewis, Colin (Hg.): Latin America, Economic Imperialism and the State. The Political Economy of the External Connection from Independence to the Present. London/Dover: The Athlone Press, 288-317.
Mayntz, Renate (2004): Governance im modernen Staat. In: Arthur Benz (ed.): Governance - Regieren in komplexen Regelsystemen. Eine Einführung. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 65-76.
Several authors  
Book

Last Name, First Name/ Last Name, First Name (for other elements cf. one author)

Example:
Kennedy, Paul M./Messner, Dirk/Nuscheler, Franz (2001): Global Trends and Global Governance. London: Pluto Press.
Altvater, Elmar/Mahnkopf, Birgit (2002): Grenzen der Globalisierung. Ökonomie, Ökologie und Politik in der Weltgesellschaft. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot.

Edited volume

Last Name, First Name/ Last Name, First Name ( ed./eds., year): Title. Place of Publication: Publishing House.

Example:
Bache, Ian/Flinders, Matthew (eds., 2004): Multi-level Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hradil, Stefan/Imbusch, Peter (Hg., 2002): Oberschichten – Eliten – Herrschende Klassen. Opladen: Leske und Budrich.

Articles in edited volume Last Name, First Name/ Last Name, First Name (year): Title. In: Last Name, First Name/ Last Name, First Name (ed./eds.): Title. Place of Publication: Publishing House, ##-##.

Example:
Peters, B. Guy/Pierre, Jon (2006): Governance, accountability and democratic legitimacy. In: Arthur Benz/Yannis Papadopoulos (eds.): Governance and Democracy. Comparing national, European and international experiences.
London: Routledge. 29-43.
Nohlen, Dieter/Lauth, Hans-Joachim (1992): Mexiko. In: Nohlen, Dieter/Nuscheler, Franz (Hg.): Handbuch der Dritten Welt 3. Mittelamerika und Karibik. Bonn: J.H.W. Dietz Nachf., 169-202.
  --> Please mark bibliographical references of the same author and the same year of publication with a, b, c, ….