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General style

• British spellings throughout.
• Use -ize rather than -ise (recognize).
• Numbers: one-ten; 11 etc.
• Dates: 1 January 2001 (but Aug–Feb in notes); the 1920s, 1945–48.
• Capitalization: use sparingly, generally in titles.
• Foreign words should be shown in italics.

Authors whose first language is not English should ensure that their article has been read and corrected by a competent person whose first language is English.

References

• Use the author–date (Harvard) system.
• Simple references to be inserted within text: (Ludlow, 1992: 85), for example.
• Endnotes should be kept to a minimum, and indicated consecutively through the article by raised numerals corresponding to the list of notes placed at the end of the manuscript.
• References: bibliographical list to appear after the endnotes, containing all the works referred to. For example:
  
  References to books:
  Keating, Michael (1988), State and Regional Nationalism. London: Harvester-Wheatsheaf. Bremmer, Ian and Ray Taras (eds) (1997), New States, New Politics: Building the Post-Soviet Nations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  
  References to chapters in books:
  Kohler-Koch, B. (1996), ‘The Strength of Weakness: The Transformation of Governance in the EU', in S. Gustavsson and L. Lewin (eds), The Future of the Nation-State: Essays in Cultural Pluralism and Political Integration. London: Routledge.
  
  References to articles in periodicals:
  Tannam, Etain (1995), ‘EU Regional Policy and the Irish/Northern Irish Cross-Border Administrative Relationship', Regional and Federal Studies, Vol.5, No.1, pp.67--93.
  
  
• Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts conform to the journal style. Further guidance to style and presentation is obtainable from the publisher: Email: authorqueries@tandf.co.uk.