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Aims and Scope:

Peace Review is a quarterly, multidisciplinary, transnational, peer-reviewed journal of research and analysis, focusing on current issues and controversies that underlie the promotion of a more peaceful world. Social progress requires, among other things, sustained intellectual work, which should be pragmatic as well as analytical. The results of that work should be ingrained into our everyday culture and political discourse. We define peace research very broadly to include peace, human rights, development, ecology, culture and related issues. Our task is to present the results of this research and thinking in short, accessible, and substantive essays. Our essays are relatively short (2500-3500 words), and are intended for a wide readership. We are most interested in the cultural and political issues surrounding conflicts occurring between nations and peoples. Since we are a transnational journal (we distribute to more than 40 nations), we want to avoid speaking with the voice of any particular national culture or politics. Relevant topics include war, violence, human rights, political economy, development, culture and consciousness, the environment, and related issues. Generally, we do not reprint essays that have been published elsewhere. In deciding which essays we publish in Peace Review, we're looking not only for fresh ideas and research but also for lively, active and well-crafted writing. Submissions that offer both have the greatest chance of acceptance. We welcome correspondence, and will publish short letters. We also want to recommend good new books and videos, and will publish favorable short reviews-not more than 800 words each. We also publish “Peace Profiles,” comprised of short biographies of distinguished peace activists from around the world. We organize each issue of Peace Review around a particular theme but we also publish essays, which we welcome at any time, outside our issue themes.

Submission of Manuscripts:

Essays should be sent on paper OR by e-mail attachment. Manuscripts must be accompanied by 2 copies, double-spaced and a computer disk (preferably IBM but Mac or ASCII text okay). E-mail attachments to: peacereview@usfca.edu or kdonoghue@usfca.edu. Mail manuscripts to: Robert Elias, Peace Review, Politics Department, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA. Tel: 415-422-6349/2910. Fax: 415-422-5671 or 388-2631. Include a 1-2 sentence professional biography of yourself, a correspondence address and your email address, if available. Manuscripts and disks cannot be returned. Note to authors: please make sure your contact address information is clearly visible on the outside of all packages you are sending to Editors.

Since we publish Essays rather than articles, please observe the following rules:

• We need a short title-we do not run titles divided by a colon.
• We do not run figures or tables but can run drawings or photos.
• We do not run subheadings but we do make periodic breaks in the text using drop-caps. To indicate where you would like breaks, skip an extra line in the text.
• We do not run footnotes or endnotes but print “Recommended Readings” at the end of each essay.

Books: Parkin, Sara. 1994. The Life and Death of Petra Kelly. London: Pandora.
Articles: Fagan, Richard R. 1983. “Theories of Development.” Monthly Review (September): 1324.
Chapters: Tunnell, Kenneth D. 1992. “Worker Insurgency and Social Control.” in Jeffrey Ian Ross (ed.), Violence in Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press.

Submission of Book Reviews: We publish book reviews of recommended books; reviews should therefore be positive. Submissions should be no longer than 2000 words. Review essays comparing two books should be no longer than 3500 words. Email your essay (including correspondence information and a short, 1-2 line, biography of yourself) to Stephen Cole, Book Review Editor at: scole@ndnu.edu.

Copyright: It is a condition of publication that authors vest copyright in their articles, including abstracts, in Taylor & Francis, LLC. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors may, as of right, use the articles elsewhere after publication providing that prior permission is obtained from Taylor & Francis, LLC. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.

Complimentary Policy: For Volume 18, each corresponding author will receive one copy of the issue in which their article appears, and a PDF of their individual article.