Only electronic copies will be accepted , in MS Word (.doc), highly preferred, or rich-text format (.rtf) for PCs, sent via e-mail to ripe@jhu.edu, with "Submission -(authorname)" as first word in subject line. If you cannot send your manuscript by e-mail, please contact RIPE, and will do our best to accommodate your needs.

RIPE Editorial Staff
Dept. of Political Science
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
United States of America
+410 516 7528
+410 516 5515 fax

Please visit www.jhu.edu/~ripe/ to view our full submission guidelines.

Submissions should be in English, typed in double spacing with wide margins (including notes and references), on one side of A4 paper. The title only should appear on the first page of the manuscript. The author's name, address, telephone, fax and e-mail details should be supplied on a separate sheet of paper. Authors are requested to supply short biographical notes for inclusion in the journal.

Articles should be written as clearly and as concisely as possible, avoiding unnecessary jargon. They must be preceded by an abstract of not more than 200 words and six keywords suitable for indexing and on-line search purposes.

Tables and figures should be presented on separate sheets with their desired position in the text indicated in the margin of the manuscript. Permission to reproduce copyright material must be obtained by the authors before submission and any acknowledgements should be included in the typescript or captions as appropriate.

The Harvard system of referencing is preferred in this journal. Notes should be used only where necessary to avoid interrupting the continuity of the text. They should be numbered consecutively, using superscript arabic numerals in the text, and placed at the end of the article before the references.

Full notes on the preferred presentation and style for submission of the manuscripts, including examples of referencing, will be provided to authors by the editors. Contributors are requested to adhere to these guidelines as closely as possible. Page proofs will be sent for correction to the first-named author unless otherwise requested. The difficulty and expense involved in making corrections at the page proof stage make it essential for authors to prepare their typescripts carefully and avoid making amendments on the proofs. Our aim is rapid publication: this will be helped if authors provide good copy.

Free article access: Corresponding authors will receive free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Reprints of articles published in this journal can be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk