Politkon Special Issue Call for Papers
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Call for Papers
In 2013 the 40th annual volume of Politikon will be published. To celebrate its ruby anniversary, the journal wishes to publish a special edition to reflect on four decades of published South African Political Science and International Relations scholarship. The life of the journal covers a fascinating history: from the darkest days of apartheid and the cold war, to the challenges of young democracy and an evolving world order.
This special edition is an opportunity to reflect on this history, and to evaluate not only the research that has been done, but also the contents of our teaching. As such, this call for papers does not seek either consensus or political correctness, but welcomes opposing points of view and plurality in the spirit of intersubjectivity.
Specific themes can include but are by no means limited to the following:
· An historical-archival account of the rise of the Discipline in South Africa (and its relationship to other emerging fields);
· Interviews with pioneers;
· The Discipline in its many forms – Political Theory, Comparative Politics and IR;
· The Quantitative and Qualitative Divide in the South African discipline;
· The Discipline in other institutional settings (i.e. how it is applied in think tanks and institutions outside of academia);
· The response by South African Political Science during the democratic transition;
· A bibliographical survey of 40 years of Politikon;
· The Discipline’s many futures;
· The contemporary state of the discipline, and so on.
Articles should be between 8,000 and 10,000 words in length. A style guide for the journal will be sent to authors whose articles are accepted.
Deadline for abstracts: 2 March 2012
Decision on acceptance/rejection of abstracts: 16 March 2012
Deadline for full first drafts: 16 July 2012
Abstracts should be sent to Prof. Peter Vale at pvale@uj.ac.za as well as to estelle.prinsloo950@gmail.com.
Politkon Special Issue Call for Papers
