Hi Everyone,

 

Further to my email from yesterday about the Caribbean Journal of International Relations, it seems that the attachments didn't work. I didn't realise that the List-serv doesn't accept them. As such, for now I have added them to the bottom of this email. Please accept my apologies for further posting on the subject.

 

Best wishes,

 

Matt

 

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

The Caribbean Journal of International Relations (CJIR) seeks contributions from scholars and practitioners working in the broad field of IR with a focus on Caribbean issues. We welcome original articles which are written in a straightforward, accessible style, and which address important issues of regional concern. Articles which take a broad approach to both the study of IR - incorporating debates in Governance, Political Economy, IPE, Development Studies, Foreign Policy, and Sociology - are also welcomed.

 

There is no set length or pre-determined methodological approach as every submission is judged on its own merits. We particularly welcome a mix of shorter 'think' pieces or policy briefs, which are expected to be in the region of 3,000 - 4,000 words (such articles would only be reviewed internally). Longer, more academic - and theoretically informed - pieces should be approximately 6,000 - 8,000 words in length (including references) and these will be subjected, first, to internal review, and then to double-blind external peer-review. We aim to provide an initial decision to all authors within 10 weeks of submission. Once accepted, all submissions are published in a timely fashion in order to ensure that they can make a swift impact upon regional debates. We also publish invited articles from leading political and technocratic actors, and other eminent commentators, as well as a small selection of the very best research papers from our graduate students.

 

The CJIR is an open-access, freely-available, electronic journal, and an important part of its raison d'être is to facilitate information sharing between the Caribbean research and policymaking communities. In this regard, non-academics are especially encouraged to offer contributions. The CJIR also seeks to bridge the linguistic divides between the Anglophone Caribbean and the non-Anglophone parts of the region, and envisions a broader, transnational conception of what the Caribbean 'is' to incorporate its many diasporic communities. 

 

MISSION STATEMENT

 

The Caribbean Journal of IR is the house journal of the Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. It was first launched in 2005 with a remit to offer a distinctive and interesting approach to the analysis and study of this region of the world. It is being re-launched in early 2012 as an (initially) bi-annual, open-access, online-only journal and its remit will broadly remain the same. By providing timely access to high-quality, peer-reviewed articles by regional and international scholars, as well as invited pieces from Caribbean political, technocratic and business leaders, along with the very best of the output from the IIR's own graduate students, the journal will make a telling contribution to regional debates on International Relations, International Political Economy, Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Governance and Development.

 

To this end, the editors invite submissions which take a broad approach to the study of IR and the Caribbean. We have no particular methodological or ideological preferences; we simply request well-researched, rigorous articles which speak to the Caribbean problématique in interesting and thought-provoking ways, or which offer a Caribbean perspective about global issues. We are especially interested in making links between theory and policy, and to this end we seek papers from outside of academia as well as from within, and we encourage all contributors to write in an accessible, concise fashion, free from excessive jargon. Articles which speak to the Caribbean as a whole, and incorporate analysis of the non-independent parts of the region - as well as Latin America - are especially welcome.

 

Finally, as Professor Dennis Gayle, former Director of the IIR, suggested in 2005 when it appeared in its previous incarnation, the CJIR...

 

...expresses both the mission and the vision of The UWI Institute of International Relations, in that it applies multidisciplinary perspectives to enhanced understanding of Caribbean international relations, including the region's international challenges and opportunities... I welcome all readers to this new Caribbean journal, which will ensure that its issues continue to be worth your attention and engagement.

 

This remains its purpose today. The Editors, St Augustine, January 2012.

 

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

 

All submissions are subjected to internal review, and then, in the case of longer academic papers (only), an external peer-review process. We endeavour to ensure that an initial decision will be made on all manuscripts within 10 weeks. In the case of shorter papers, we envisage that this process will be considerably shorter.

 

Two copies of your manuscript should be submitted by email to [log in to unmask] and copied to [log in to unmask] as a Word (.doc or .docx) file. The first should be a full version of your paper, with all self-references included. The second should have all self-references or other identifying marks removed so as to facilitate blind peer-review (including statements such as 'as I have previously argued...'). Please make it clear which file is which in the filename. You should also submit a cover page which comprises: 

 

a)      Full author details including postal address, phone number, email for all contributing authors

b)      An abstract of approximately 150 words (which isn't copied verbatim from the paper itself) and if possible, in both Spanish and French, as well as English

c)      A short biographical note for each author, including recent and forthcoming publications (if applicable)

d)      Any acknowledgements

 

With regard to house style, we are not especially pedantic regarding the use of American or British spellings. However, it is vital that all submissions are clear and readable, and that they conform to some basic conventions outlined below.

 

Manuscripts should be typed, in English, Spanish or French on Letter (8.5" x 11") size paper, in size 12 font, with 1.5 line spacing. Papers should be written, as far as is possible, in a clear, accessible and jargon-free style. For ease of reading, please use subheadings (in 12 pt.) in bold to break up the text where appropriate. All tables, figures and diagrams should be clearly-presented (with simply-drawn lines) numbered and captioned. Pages should also be numbered consecutively in the bottom right-hand corner. If reproducing copyrighted material, authors must seek written approval of the relevant copyright holder, and make this clear to the CJIR Editors.

 

All sources used must be acknowledged and referenced according to proper academic conventions. Please use the in-text citation system, as outlined in the Chicago Manual of Style. A good guide on the basics of Chicago referencing is available at the following link:

 

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html 

 

Once an article has been accepted for submission, authors will be provided with proofs. These proofs should be corrected and returned to the Editors of CJIR within two weeks. 

 

Finally, publication is conditional upon authors vesting their copyright in the CJIR through the Institute of International Relations (IIR) at UWI. However, authors are welcome to use or reproduce the article after publication (say, as a chapter in a book manuscript) as long as the Editors are notified, and the CJIR is credited as the original place of publication. Authors themselves must seek permission to reproduce copyrighted material from other sources.

 

 

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Dr Matthew L. Bishop

Lecturer, Institute ofInternational Relations

University of the West Indies

St Augustine

Trinidad and Tobago

email: [log in to unmask]

phone: +1-868-662-2002 (ext. 3238)

 

Latest publications:

'Slaying the Westmonster in the Caribbean?'

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-856X.2010.00432.x/abstract

 

'Coalescing for Change? Novel Coalitions in the UK and T&T'

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a933648079~frm=titlelink

 

'Caribbean Regional Governance and the Sovereignty/Statehood Problem'

http://www.cigionline.org/sites/default/files/Caribbean_Paper_8.pdf

 

 



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