The Top 10 Things we learned editing Politics
After 6 years our time as the editors-in-chief of Politics has come to an end. Here are the top 10 things we learned.
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Articles by Martin Coward
Soft Power in World Politics
What is soft power, what role does it play in world politics and how is it used by authoritarian states? Recently we asked some of our authors to discuss these questions
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3 perspectives on soft power in China, Russia and Iran
What is soft power? And how is it used by Russia, China and Iran? Watch videos of Ilya Yablokov, Kingsley Edney and Edward Wastnidge discussing these questions
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The results are in: Politics’ new Impact Factor for 2016…
The latest impact factor scores for academic journals have been released by Thomson-Reuters. Our new impact factor signals a significant change for Politics.
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The Winds of Change
In September Politics will be co-sponsoring the 9th Annual BISA/PSA Learning and Teaching Conference at Newcastle University. The theme will be The Winds of Change and the organisers have recently circulated a call for papers. If you are interested in giving a paper read on...
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Politics Prize winners announced
The winners of the Politics Prizes for best research article published in 2015 and best learning and teaching article published in 2014/15 were announced at last night's Political Studies Association Conference Dinner. The prizes go to...
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The 2014/15 Politics Learning and Teaching Prize
Every 2 years Politics awards a prize for the best Learning and Teaching article published in the previous 2 years (Volumes 34 and 35) . The nominations for the best Learning and Teaching article published in 2014/2015 are...
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4 Nominations for Best Politics Article of 2015
Every Year Politics awards a prize for the best article published in the previous year's print volume. The nominations for the best article published in 2015 (Volume 35 ) are...
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The Soft Power of Hard States Virtual Issue
A new virtual issue is available previewing our forthcoming Special Issue on Russian, Chinese and Iranian soft power edited by Michael Barr and Valentina Feklyunina
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Meet The Editors
On Monday March 30th, the editorial team will be attending two different meet the editors events:
- Political Studies Association Annual Conference in Sheffield (the meet the editors event will be at lunchtime – see your programs for more details)
- British International Studies Association Postgraduate Network Conference at Kings College London.
Meet the editor events are important parts of our editorial calendar. They offer us two opportunities. On the one hand they are a forum in which to explain the ethos of Politics as well as the ins and outs of the editorial/peer review process. Demystifying the editorial process is a vital part of encouraging submissions from all parts of the disciple. On the other hand meet the editors sessions are a great opportunity to answer questions from potential authors about submissions. Several articles published in Politics have begin life at meet the editors events.
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