Democratic Theory

INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS

Please send submissions of articles, reviews, and contributions to the editors as a Word attachment to: dt@journals.berghahnbooks.com. 1. Research articles should normally be 6000 to 8000 words (including notes and references); 2. Excerpts or interviews of not more than 5000 words in length, conducted with leading democratic theorists; 3. Critical commentaries and debates of not more than 3000 words, relating to pressing contemporary issues or themes raised in previous issues; 4. Review essays of between 4000-5000 words, engaging the latest scholarly and popular works in democratic theory.

FORMATTING The document must be set at the US letter or A4 paper size standard. The entire document (including the notes and references) should be double-spaced with 1-inch (2.5 cm) margins on all sides. A 12point standard font such as Times New Roman is required and should be used for all text, including headings, notes, and references. Any unusual character or diacritical mark should be flagged, as the character may not translate correctly during typesetting. COVER PAGE The cover page should provide the title of the article, complete contact information for each author (address, phone, fax, and e-mail), biographical data of approximately 100 words for each author, and any acknowledgments. Please provide a total word count and indicate the number of tables and/or figures as included. ABSTRACT/KEYWORDS The article must include an abstract of no more than 150 words and 6 to 8 keywords. The abstract should not duplicate the text verbatim but include the research question or puzzle, identify the data, and give some indication of the findings. Keywords will be drawn from the content and not duplicate the article title. Keywords should be listed in alphabetical order and separated by commas. Only proper names should be capitalized. COPYRIGHT/PERMISSIONS Upon acceptance, authors are required to return copyright agreement forms to the Editors and submit all necessary permission letters for reprinting or modifying copyrighted materials. The author is fully responsible for obtaining all permissions. PROCESS FOR REFEREEING AND ACCEPTING ARTICLES Democratic Theory is a refereed journal. Submissions are considered on the understanding that the paper is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. The review process is as follows:
All submissions will be read by both Editors. This initial review will assess whether the submission is of sufficient quality and relevance to send out for blind peer review. Should the submission be deemed of sufficient quality and relevance by the Editors, it will then be sent out for formal peer review. At this stage, each submission will be sent to at least two qualified scholars, who will be comprised of members of the Steering Committee, Editorial Board or external experts should this be required. Once the reviews have been returned, the Editors will then determine whether the submission can be (a) published without corrections; (b) published with minor corrections; (c) revised and re-submitted; or (d) rejected. Submissions which fall into category (b) will be given up to four weeks to finalize revisions. Submissions which fall into category (c) will be given up to eight weeks to finalize revisions. They will then be re-submitted to at least one of the original blind referees and both Editors. A final decision will be made two weeks after this final submission takes place.

STYLE GUIDE
The Democratic Theory style guide is based on the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS), 16th edition with some deviations based on house style preferences. Please note that the journal uses US punctuation and spelling, following Merriam-Websters Collegiate Dictionary or the American Heritage College Dictionary. Italicize isolated non-English words that do not appear roman in a standard US dictionary. The word should be italicized on every use.

ARTICLE TITLE AND HEADINGS

Use title-case capitalization in the article title and headings for nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives. Prepositions and conjunctions are not capitalized (or, but, over, through, between): Introduction to the Many Forms of Money The Euro versus the Pound

DATES, NUMBERS AND RANGES

Dates should be set day/month/year, with no comma in between the elements, e.g., 26 January 1988. In general, use words for numbers that are less than 10, and numerals for all other numbers. Number ranges should not be abbreviated. When prepositions are involved, use from 1924 to 1928 not from 19241928, and between 1924 and 1928 not between 19241928. In general, use words for numbers that are less than 10, and numerals for all other numbers. Write out ordinal numbers: first rather than 1st; twenty-ninth rather than 29th. Do not use superscript ordinals.

QUOTATION MARKS
Use double quotation marks for all quotes and terms, except for quotes or terms within quotes, in which case single quotation marks are used. For in-text quotations, direct speech, and publication titles, a period or comma precedes the closing double quotation mark. For terms or concepts, the closing quotation mark precedes other punctuation marks, such as periods and commas.

CITATION SYSTEM
Referencing should follow the author-date system, with full documentation in the reference list. Any other notes should be presented as endnotes and should be kept short and to a minimum. Author-Date Examples (Pickett and White 1985; Smith 1987) Joness research (1977, 1979a, 1979b) (Kant n.d.; McGinnis forthcoming) Single Author with Multiple Sources: (Smith 1993: 63; 1998: 124169; 2001: 104) Three or More Authors: (Jones et al. 2001) Authors with Same Last Name: (D. Smith 1981; G. Smith 1999)

REFERENCE LISTS
Note: Do not place the reference list in the notes section of documents using automatic endnote functions. The reference list must be placed after the main text of the article. Every author mentioned in the reference list must be cited in the main text or notes, and every author cited in the main text and notes must be listed in the reference list. It is preferred that the authors first names be given in full, rather than using first-name initials. For multiple listings under an authors name, list the oldest publication first, followed by the next most recent publications, in chronological order. Include the authors name for all entries - do not replace with em-dashes.

Examples
Book: Banton, Michael. 1998. Racial Theories. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Two authors (use comma to separate): Blakeley, Georgina, and Valerie Bryson, eds. 2002. Contemporary Political Concepts: A Critical Introduction. London: Pluto. Chapter/essay in a book (note placement of page numbers and editors): Hudson, Peter. 1988. Images of the Future and Strategies in the Present: The Freedom Charter and the South African Left. Pp. 259277 in State, Resistance, and Change in South Africa, ed. Philip Frankel, Noam Pines, and Mark Swilling. Johannesburg: Southern Book Publishers. Article in a journal (note: use doi when possible): Schulzke, Marcus, and Amanda Carroll. 2011. Judicial Review in Context: A Response to Countermajoritarian and Epistemic Critiques. Theoria 58 (127): 1-23, doi: 10.3167/th.2011.5812702. Translations: Cortzar, Julio. 1969. Cronopios and Famas. Trans. Paul Blackburn. New York: Random House. Translated Titles: Toiviainen, Sakari. 2009. Kadonnutta paratiisia etsimss: Markku Lehmuskallion ja Anastasia Lapsuin elokuvat [Searching for paradise lost: The films of Markku Lehmuskallio and Anastasia Lapsui]. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. Article in a newspaper or popular magazine: Butt, Riazat. 2011. Cameron Calls for Return to Christian Values as King James Bible Turns 400. Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/16/cameron-king-james-bibleanniversary (accessed 17 June 2012). Dissertation: Olson, Julia. 1997. The Cultural Politics of Fishing: Negotiating Community and Common Property in Northern Norway. PhD diss., Stanford University. Materials in Archives: Dedyk, Claudia. 11 February 1933. Linguistics Memos, Rossiskii Gosudarsvenyi Isoricheskii Arkhiv [RGIA], fond 1129, opis 1, delo 491, pp. 74-83, 116-19. Russian State Historical Archives, St. Petersburg. Egmont Manuscripts. n.d. Phillips Collection. University of Georgia Library, Athens.

Organization as authoring agent: Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council. 1982. Map 2000: Metropolitan Area Plan for the Year 2000. Chicago: Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council. Human Rights Watch. 2006. Funding the Final War: LTTE Intimidation and Extortion in the Tamil Diaspora. http://www.hrw.org/reports/2006/03/14/funding-final-war-2 (accessed 10 June 2011). Blog Entry: Newton, Greg. 2006 Free-Market Christianity? Travelers: Theological Conversation for the Journey blog. 29 March. http://travelersjournal.blogspot.com/2006/03/free-market-christianity.html (accessed 5 May 2008).

States
In references, tables, or addresses, use postal abbreviations for states, but be sure to follow the city with a comma: Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press. Do not list states or countries in the reference list when the city is a well-known publishing center (London, Paris, New York, Chicago), or when the publishers name includes the state: Berkeley: University of California Press. Cambridge as a publication city is understood to be Cambridge in the UK, so it is not necessary to add UK. When referring to Cambridge in the US, use Cambridge, MA.

ARTWORK
For optimal reproduction, figures or photos should be submitted as TIFF (resolution at 300 dpi), high-quality JPEG, or EPS (800 dpi), black and white, with all fonts embedded. Additionally, all images should be approximately 4 x 4 inches at the resolution indicated. Tables should be made and submitted in MSWord or rtf. All figures (photos, graphs, maps) and tables should be in separate files; only placement indicators and captions should be included in the articles themselves. Figures and tables should be numbered consecutively. Authors are expected to obtain permission to reproduce copyrighted materials (e.g. photographs) used in their article.

TEXT PREPARATION AND CHECKLIST

All text, including headings, sub-headings, notes, and references, is set in a standard 12-point type, such as Times or Times New Roman, and is double-spaced with a 1-inch margin on all sides. US spelling is used throughout and a spellcheck has been performed. The abstract is limited to no more than 150 words with eight keywords. Keywords should be listed in alphabetical order and separated by commas. Only proper names should be capitalized. The abstract is a summary or overview of the entire article and does not duplicate verbatim sections of the main text. Different levels of headings are indicated by varying the type face and position. Use bold, centered type for an A head (a main text heading). Use bold italic, flush-left treatment for a B head (a first-level sub-heading). Use italic, non-bold flush-left for a C head. Contributions are referred to as articles (not essays or papers).

 As a general rule, numerals less than 10 are spelled out. Foreign-language words that are not common in US usage are italicized on every instance. Double quotation marks are used for all quotations and terms, except for quotes or terms within quotes. Number ranges are always non-abbreviated: 19791999; 249381. Superscript note reference numbers and/or asterisks are not placed on essay titles, headings, epigraphs, or the contributors name. URLs are not located in the main text when used in a bibliographical sense (although names such as Amazon.com are acceptable). Any URLs have been relocated to endnotes or the reference list. Any URLs listed in the reference list have any active hyperlinks removed so that the text is not colored and underlined. Every author mentioned in the reference list is cited in the main text or notes, and every author cited in the main text and notes is listed in the reference list.