1. The article should be provided as an electronic document attached to an email sent to the Editor of Contemporary Politics, Ian Holliday. His email address for submissions is ian.holliday@hku.hk
   
2. An abstract of approximately 100-150 words with a maximum of five key words. Also a few sentences about yourself, should be provided.
   
3. The title and author's name should appear at the beginning of the article, ranged left, and in upper and lower case bold.
   
4. A short title should be provided as a running page-head.
   
5. The text should be submitted to the editor in double spacing.
   
6. An extra line should be left between each paragraph, and each new paragraph should begin at the left margin; it should not be indented.
   
7. Quotations:
   Follow the punctuation, capitalization and spelling of the original. Quotations of more than three lines should be typed with an extra line space above and below, and indented. All quotations should use single quotation marks.
   
8. Spelling:
   Follow English rather than American conventions.
   
9. Dates and numbers:
   Follow as: 12 December 1970; 1834-5; eighties (when representing the decades of a century, sixteenth-century (adj.) but the sixteenth century (noun).
   
10. Footnotes and References:
    These should be numbered consecutively and typed together at the end of the article. Numbering in the text should be in superscript at the end of the appropriate sentence after the full stop. Ibid. and op. cit. may be used.
    
    In each entry, the author's name should appear first - initial followed by surname; this should be followed by book title, or journal name, in italics, place of publication, date of publication and page number. These details should be separated by a comma. If an article or chapter is referred to, this should appear in single quotation marks. Thus:
    
    1. B. Cummings, 'The Wicked Witch of the East is Dead. Long Live the Wicked Witch of the East', in M. Hogan (ed), The End of the Cold War: Its Meaning and Implications, Cambridge, 1992, pp. 88-9.
    
11. Capitalisation:
    All unnecessary capitals should be eliminated, but above all, capitalization should be consistent.

     

    Use lower case for titular offices: the king, sultan, lord, prime-minister etc except when titles immediately preface names, such as King William, Viscount Andover etc.

    Use lower case for institutions, government agencies etc.: the monarchy, the cabinet, the privy council etc.
    

12. Please leave one space only after full stops, NOT two.

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