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[ecrea] Sociology Special Issue - Call for Guest Editors

Mon Feb 28 21:35:11 GMT 2011



Sociology Call for tenders
Sociology special issue 2013

Tenders are invited for a team of guest editors to produce a special issue of Sociology (vol. 47). The issue will be published in October 2013 on a theme of the guest editorsâ?? choice.

Sociology is acknowledged as one of the leading journals in its field. For more than three decades it has made a major contribution to the debates that have shaped the discipline and it has an undisputed international reputation for quality and originality.

The team should consist of two or more editors and at least one of the team should be based in the UK. Applicants should have a clear vision of the purpose and topic of their special issue. They should be willing to work closely with the journal chair and editorial board, BSA office, Publications Directors and publisher to produce and promote the special issue. They should be able to show high academic standing and demonstrate that they will have sufficient time to undertake the substantial workload associated with editing a special issue. The BSA welcomes teams including a mix of experienced and early career academics or postgraduates, providing that the team is led by the experienced members and that all members can meet the bid criteria.

Deadline for tenders: Friday 22 April 2011

If you would like further information, please email Alison Danforth, BSA Publications Officer, for a full list of criteria and application form.

Alison Danforth, BSA Publications Officer
+44 191 383 0839
(publications /at/ britsoc.org.uk)

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The Sociology of Human Rights  CALL FOR PAPERS
Sociology Special Issue 2012

Deadline: 31 July 2011
Word limit: 7000 words
Submission: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/soc
Queries: (matthew.waites /at/ glasgow.ac.uk)
Call for papers:  http://www.britsoc.co.uk/publications/pubsvacancies.htm

BSA journal Sociology invites papers for its 2012 special issue. This special issue, to be published in October 2012, addresses human rights as a crucial theme for contemporary sociology globally. The concept of human rights has become pervasive. Whether endorsed or criticised, it poses a challenge to which sociology must respond.

Contributions should address any aspect of human rights in any specific or general context worldwide, while also engaging with sociological research in a sustained way.

Please click the following URL to view the full call for papers and possible themes: http://www.britsoc.co.uk/publications/pubsvacancies.htm

The special issue will be edited by the BSA Sociology of Rights Study Group Convenors: Patricia Hynes (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children); Michele Lamb (Roehampton University); Damien Short (Institute of Commonwealth Studies) and Matthew Waites (University of Glasgow).

The editors welcome contributions engaged with sociology from early career and established academics, and from those engaged with sociology but working in other disciplines or outside academia (such as human rights activists and practitioners).

All submissions will be accepted via ScholarOne ManuscriptsTM (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/soc) Full submission instructions are available on this site on the â??Instructions and Formsâ?? page. Please read these in full well before submitting your manuscript.

All manuscripts will be subject to the normal referee process, but potential authors are welcome to discuss their ideas in advance with the editors.

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