Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Social Sciences

Thesis Eleven

Notes for Authors

Thesis Eleven is a refereed journal. Contributors should submit four copies of their manuscript cleanly typed, double-spaced throughout on one side only of A4 paper.

Word length should be 5000-8000 words including notes and references with an abstract of up to 150 words and five key words.

Titles and section headings should be clear and brief.

Lengthy quotations (exceeding 40 words) should be displayed, indented, in the text.

UK or US spellings may be used.

Essential notes should be indicated by superscript numbers in the text and collected on a single page at the end of the text.

References cited in the text should read: Brown (1987: 63-4); Brown and Smith (1984, 1989). Use 'et al.' when citing a work by more than two authors.The letters a, b, c, etc. should be used to distinguish citations of different works by the same author in the same year. All references cited in the text should be listed alphabetically and presented in full after the notes, using the following style. Books: Laclau, Ernesto and Mouffe, Chantal (1985) Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical Democratic Politics, trans. Winston Moore and Paul Cammack. Verso: London. Articles: Hindess, Barry (1993) 'Liberalism, Socialism and Democracy: Variations on a Governmental Theme', Economy and Society 22(3): 300-13. Articles in books: Goldsmith, M.M. (1987) 'Liberty, Luxury and the Pursuit of Happiness', in A. Pagden (ed.) The Language of Political Theory in Early-Modern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Authors should supply a biography of 50-100 words and a coversheet to their paper which gives full name, institutional address, email address, telephone and fax numbers - also the address where proofs and offprints should be sent if different from the above. Authors should allow three months for consideration of their paper, but upon acceptance, they will be asked to make any necessary corrections and submit a final hard copy as well as a copy on disk. Authors receive proofs of their articles and 25 offprints of the published version, plus one copy of the journal.

Copyright: Before publication authors are requested to assign copyright to SAGE Ltd and Thesis Eleven Pty Ltd, subject to retaining their right to reuse the material in other publications written or edited by themselves and due to be published at least one year after initial publication in the journal. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures, poetry or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere.

Manuscripts, editorial correspondence and books for review should be sent to: The Editors, Thesis Eleven, School of Sociology, Politics and Anthropology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia. [email: thesis11@latrobe.edu.au]

Submission of material must be prepared in the following manner (items 1-8). Final versions of articles must be submitted on disk as well as in hard copy, and the author must provide the copyright materials as specified in items 9-10.

1. Manuscript (ms) cover sheet with full author address, affiliation and other contact details including email address.
2. Title page with:
   full title
   subtitle (optional)
   preferred abbreviated running head
   abstract (100-150 words): background; aim; method; results; conclusion
   key words (5-10): in alphabetical order for searching online, may include
   words already in title
   ms word count (including endnotes)
3. Numbered text pages, double-spaced.
4. Endnotes: typed, double-spaced, at the end of the text, before the References.
5. References: typed, double-spaced at the end of the paper.
6. Acknowledgements and biographical notes (if relevant), typed double spaced on a separate sheet. Biographical notes (100-150 words) should give current affiliation, research interests and recent publications.
7. Tables. Each table should have an explanatory caption and be presented on a separate sheet at the end of the paper. Check that each table is cited in the text.
8. Figures. See instructions for tables above. If possible, figures should be supplied electronically as TIFF or EPS files but clear paper copy also needed for sizing. Computer generated tints and shading should be avoided as they seldom reproduce well; use cross-hatching instead. Line artwork supplied as hard copy should be ready for scanning and not need redrawing. Photographs should preferably be black/white glossy prints or slides with good contrast. Reproduction from colour prints or slides is possible but of less good quality.
9. Formal letter of permission to reproduce any material from other sources.
10. * a disk containing an identical version to the final version of the hard copy
    * signed journal contributor's publishing agreement
    * letter of permission to reproduce material from other sources (if relevant)
    

Please note: Authors should mail/fax their copyright form to the Thesis Eleven Office, School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia
Email: thesis11@latrobe.edu.au
Fax: +61 3 9479 2705