Journal Guide

For nearly two decades, Politics, Religion & Ideology has provided the leading international forum for the scholarly exploration of the politics of illiberal ideologies, both religious and secular. The journal is multi-disciplinary, cutting-edge and truly international in scope, having to date received submissions from authors located in over 30 different countries.

The journal publishes critical analyses of theory and international case studies pertaining to:
• The historic and ongoing interaction between religion and politics.
• The impact of religious radicalism on public policy, political attitudes and decision-making.
• The contemporary politics of religious revival in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, and Asia.
• The historical and contemporary politics of secular 'totalising' movements, such as fascism, Nazism, Stalinism, Maoism, and Ba'athism.
• Conflicts between illiberal ideologies (both religious and secular) and their opponents.
• Constructions of the sacred and the secular in political religions and other political ideologies.
• Publicly enforced (ir)religion and dissent.
• Class, gender and race in the context of political religions and religious politics.
• Memory, memory culture and the politics of memory in the context of totalitarianism and radical ideologies.

Committed to methodological and empirical eclecticism, Politics, Religion & Ideology continues to bring together leading academics and younger researchers engaged in exploring the above thematic. Directed to historians, social scientists, and policy analysts alike, the journal promotes original scholarship that demonstrates an acute awareness of the conceptual and methodological problems raised by the study of social phenomena, such as radicalism and political violence. The journal invites contributions that map common areas between different subject areas, revises conventional definitions of key concepts and, where appropriate, applies non-Eurocentric perspectives to political events, political ideas and political actors.
 
Peer Review Policy
All research articles submitted to Politics, Religion & Ideology undergo a rigorous process of double-blind peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. The editorial process is overseen by the Editor-in-Chief, supported by two Editorial Assistants and an International Editorial Board consisting of 29 leading intellectuals from North America, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, Australasia, South Asia and the Middle East.

Published since 1974, Politikon is the official journal of the South African Association of Political Studies. Politikon focuses primarily on South African politics, but not exclusively so. Over the years the journal has published articles by some of the world's leading political scientists, including Arend Lijphart, Samuel Huntington, and Philippe Schmitter. It has also featured important contributions from South Africa's leading political philosophers, political scientists and international relations experts. It has proved an influential journal, particularly in debates over the merits of South Africa's constitutional reforms (in 1983 and 1994). In the last few years special issues have focused on women and politics in South Africa, and the South African election of 1999. Recent articles have looked at the negotiated transition from apartheid to democracy, aspects of identity politics in post-apartheid South Africa and issues of democratic consolidation. Peer Review Statement All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two referees. All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review. Disclaimer The South African Association of Political Studies and Taylor & Francis make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the 'Content') contained in its publications. However, the South African Association of Political Studies and Taylor & Francis and its agents and licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness or suitability for any purpose of the Content and disclaim all such representations and warranties whether express or implied to the maximum extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this publication are the views of the authors and are not necessarily the views of the Editor, the South African Association of Political Studies or Taylor & Francis.

Since its inception in 1968, Polity has been committed to the publication of a plurality of approaches to the study of politics. As journals within political science have become more specialized in terms of topics and less accessible in terms of styles of argumentation, Polity has remained ecumenical with respect to research topics, theoretical questions, and methods of analysis. In the past year alone, Polity has published more than twenty articles on a diverse topics including methodological practices in comparative politics, American urban politics, American national politics, American political development, African-American politics, the history of political thought, normative political theory, non-western political thought, political thought in literature, comparative party politics, comparative regime change, comparative political economy, comparative constitutional development, the cultural consequences of war, and the foreign policy implications of neo-conservatism and neo-liberalism.