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Legon Journal of International Affairs (LEJIA)
Guidelines for Contributors
The Legon Journal of International Affairs (LEJIA) is a publication of the Legon Centre for International Affairs (LECIA). LEJIA is a refereed journal and is published twice a year in May and November. Articles for the May issue should be submitted by January and those for November by June.
The mission of the Journal is to inform, educate, challenge and stimulate interest and debate among practitioners and scholars of international relations and the general public in Ghana and Africa on matters relevant to the geopolitics of Africa within the global framework. Contributions in the form of articles, research notes, review essays and book reviews will be considered for publication. All contributions must be in the English.
1) Presentation
1.1 Manuscripts should be submitted in English on a diskette (5.4 or 3.5 inches) preferably in Microsoft Word or Word Perfect 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, accompanied by two hard copies, typed double-spaced. Font 12 should be used with a margin of at least one inch (2.5 cm) at the top, bottom, left and right of each sheet.
1.2 Headings should be left un-numbered and un-lettered. A main heading should be in bold, lower case (with initial caps) full out. A sub-heading should also be in bold but in italics, lower case (with initial caps) full out.
Examples:
Ideology, Regimes and Themes
Ideology
Regimes
Themes
1.3 Write dates as, February 1, 1970 or February 7, 1970 and NOT February 7th, 1970, or 7th February 1970.
1.4 Non-English formal words/phrases should be in italics.
1.5 A full-length article should not exceed twenty pages of A4 paper. This limit excludes End-Notes (not Foot-Notes) which should be typed on separate sheets and numbered serially. Similarly, all illustrative materials such as maps, graphs, etc. should come as appendices to the article.
Review Essays and Research Notes should not exceed twenty pages of A4 paper and Book Reviews should have a maximum of six pages of A4 paper.
1.6 The author’s name, affiliation, rank and address should be on a separate sheet detached from the manuscript.
2.0 End-Notes and References
2.1 End-Notes should be kept to a minimum, numbered consecutively and placed at the end of the text. Where publications are cited, these should be written according to the format for References (see below).
2.2 Books and articles mentioned in the course of writing should be indicated in the text, as for example, Cox (1995) or Cox (1995:120) to indicate the page from which a quotation has been taken. If there are several authors, these should be shown as: Rustow (1965) Dahl (1968) and Kissinger (1990) etc. If more than one work of an author in one year are cited, letters should be used to distinguished the works, such as: Deutsch (1995a) Deutsch (1995b) etc. If a work has two or more authors, it should be cited as Deutsch et al (1996).
2.3 References to books and articles should be written as follows:
a. Books
Surname of author, followed by initials and year of publication.
Full title of book (in italics) place of publication and publisher
e.g. Cox, M. Y. US Foreign Policy after the Cold War,. (London:
Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1995) p…
b. Articles
Surname of author, followed by initials and year of publication.
Full title of article, in quotes, full title of journal in which it
appears (in italics) volume, number, month and pages.
e.g. Cornish , P. (1996) “European Security: the end of
architecture and the new NATO,” in International Affairs, Vol. 72 No. 4 October 1996; Pp. 751 – 769.
c. An essay or chapter from a book
Surname of author, followed by initials and year of publication, full title of essay or chapter (in quotes) followed by the surname(s) and initials of the editor(s) full title of the book (in italics) place of publication and publisher(s) year of publication, pages.
e.g. Morphet, S., (1993) “UN Peacekeeping and Election- Monitoring,” in Roberts, A. and Kingsbury, B., United Nations Divided World: the UN’s Role in International Relations. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. pp. 183 – 239.
d. Several works by one author
Entries in the References should be by chronological order.
Works by the same author in the same year must be
distinguished by the use of letters in 2.2 above.
3.0 Every article must be accompanied by an abstract, typed as in 1.5 above of between 250 and 300 words, ie. one page of A4 paper.
4.0 A contribution must also be accompanied by a signed declaration of the author that the script has not been submitted to any other journal.
5.0 A contributor will receive two free copies of the journal in which the contribution appears. Authors of commissioned articles will receive honorarium to cover cost involved in producing the manuscript.
5.1 Unpublished manuscripts will not be returned unless the contributor specifically requests it and is willing to pay the cost of postage.
6.0 Correspondence
Correspondence on contributions should be addressed to:
The Editorial
Legon Centre for International Affairs
P. O. Box LG 25
Legon-Ghana
Telephone: +233-21-501025
Email: gkbluwey@ug.edu.gh
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