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(extended deadline) Special edition of the Journal for European Issues “Evrodijalog” on National Human Rights Institutions

The Centre for Regional Policy Research and Cooperation “Studiorum”, within the project “Solving an Institutional Puzzle: What National Human Rights Institution Model for Macedonia,” supported by the National Endowment for Democracy from Washington, USA, publishes a call for papers for the Journal for European Issues “Evrodijalog” Vol. 16:

Special edition of the Journal for European Issues “Evrodijalog” on National Human Rights Institutions

Deadline for submitting articles: 10 April 2012 April 25, 2012 (extended deadline) | download call

“Evrodijalog” is a bi-annual publication of CRPRC Studiorum. The journal aims to promote objective, critical and analytical thinking on issues related to accession and membership in the European Union. For this issue of “Evrodijalog”, we encourage authors to submit articles looking into national human rights institutions, their models and the institutional reforms shaping them. (The submitted academic articles can also look at the existing institutional framework for protection of human rights and/or recommendations for possible reforms of the later, in the case of Macedonia, the region, and/or wider, both as a case study, or comparatively).

“Evrodijalog” will also make space for the standard topic, notably EU issues in the fields of law, economy, public administration, international relations, political sciences, communication, new technologies and the society, energy issue, environment, health, and all other relevant fields, giving priority to research topics directly relevant from the perspective of the Copenhagen criteria and focused on analysis and case studies regarding the needs and requirements derived from the EU acquis unionaire.

The selected articles will be published in the 16th edition of “Evrodijalog,” which will be published digital format on CD, in Macedonian and English language. Besides the CD, the journal will be published in both
languages in electronic form at the “Evrodijalog” web site.

Instructions for authors:

  1. The manuscript should be 10 to 15 pages long (4500-6000 words; checked with word count). The manuscript should be submitted in electronic form to the e-mail address: evrodijalog@studiorum.org.mk.
  2. The manuscript should be typed in Word (any version), without further adjustments (automatic numbering, indenting every paragraph etc.). The tables and graphs should be formatted as plainly as possible.
  3. The manuscript should include:
    • Name and surname of the author and title;
    • Title of the paper and subtitles (if applicable);
    • Short biography of the author (1 sentence);
    • Summary (abstract) in Macedonian (1/2 page, 150 words)  (for the texts submitted in English, translation of the English summary will be provided by CRPRC Studiorum);
    • Summary (abstract) in  English (1/2 page, 150 words); and
    • Bibliography.
  4. Language editing and proofreading will be provided by the editorial staff of Evrodijalog, with author’s final approval.
  5. Citation of the literature should be in compliance with the unified MLA style, as shown in the following examples:

    1. Books:

    • in-text citation: (Castells, 1996, p.236)
    • reference list (bibliography): Castells, M. (1996). The Rise of the Network Society. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers

    2. Articles in journals and/or magazines:

    • in-text citation: (Robins, 1998, p.128)
    • reference list (bibliography): Robins, K. and Webster F. (1998). The Iron Cage of the Information Society. Information, Communication and Society, vol. 1, no. 1, 44-57

    3. Article from an Internet-only journal and/or www sources:

    • in-text citation: (Robins, 1998, p.128)
    • reference list (bibliography): Greenfield, D. (1999, August 20). The Nature of Internet Addiction. Meetings of the American Psychological Association. Accessed April 13, 2000, from: http://www.virtual-addiction.com
    • Newspaper article, in print:
    • in-text citation (Economist, 08. 04. 2000)
    • reference list (bibliography): Who Owns the Knowledge Economy. (April 8, 2000) The Economist, vol. 355, no. 8165, p. 3.
    • Conference papers, proceedings:
    • in-text citation (Blau, 1998)
    • reference list (bibliography): Blau, A. Floods. (June 29 – July 1, 1998). Don’t Build Bridges: Rich Networks, Poor Citizens, and the Role of Public Libraries. Paper presented at conference Information Landscapes for a Learning Society. Bath, UK: University of Bath.
  6. Chapters and sub-chapters should be numbered manually (not with auto-numbering).

The deadline for submission of papers is April 10, 2012 April 25, 2012 (extended deadline). Please submit only texts which are a final version or a final draft. Authors are kindly asked to specify when submitting the text, whether it is a final version or a final draft. The papers should be submitted to the Editorial Board via evrodijalog@studiorum.org.mk.

We are looking forward to receiving and reading your papers!

Editorial Board
Journal for European Issues ‘Evrodijalog’
Skopje, March 21, 2011

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