• General Information

The Journal of Social Affairs is published quarterly, in the spring, summer, fall and winter. Contributors may submit scholarly research papers, book reviews and summaries of doctoral dissertations. Submissions for publication undergo blind peer reviews by multiple reviewers, although the editors reserve the right to decide on the suitability of the subject matter in the first instance. All manuscripts are acknowledged within two weeks of receipt. Every attempt will be made to inform authors within three months about the suitability of submitted manuscripts for publication in the JSA. For any single issue of the JSA, some priority is given to maintaining a balance of research subjects and to maximizing the geographical diversity of contributors. Designated issues of the JSA may be devoted to specified themes, which may be the subject of conferences sponsored by AUS or the Sociological Association of the UAE.

• Research Papers

Contributors of research papers must abide by the following conditions:

a. The author’s name should appear directly below the title, and an asterisk should be placed immediately after the author’s name. The asterisk is to refer to the author’s institutional affiliation and address, and acknowledgements, if any, all of which should appear as a footnote on the first text page. The author’s name must be followed by an abstract of not more than 200 words. The abstract should be single-spaced, and in italics, and should make clear the purpose and findings of the paper.

b. The abstract and references must be single-spaced. Otherwise, the manuscript must be double-spaced, and the length of the paper ordinarily may not exceed 35 printed pages or 13,000 words, counting the reference list. If submitting a hard copy, the manuscript must be printed on one side of the paper only.

c. The JSA uses the author-date documentation system of The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003). Text citations should appear as follows:

(Bagwell and Staiger 1997) or

(Bagwell and Staiger 1997, 12) if a specific page is cited

d. Reference List. Please list all references alphabetically according to the author’s last name. When more than one work is cited for the same author, the works should be listed chronologically, with the most recent work listed last. Please observe the following: (i) give complete periodical data such as volume, issue, page numbers, series; (ii) do not use abbreviations for titles of journals; (iii) titles of books and periodicals are capitalized and italicized; (v) article or chapter titles appear in quotation marks and are capitalized. Reference list entries should adhere to the following examples:

Journal Article
Bagwell, Kyle, and Robert W. Staiger. 1997. “Multilateral Tariff Cooperation during the Formation of Free Trade Areas.” International Economic Review 38 (4): 291–319.

Book
Kemp, Murry C. 1964. The Pure Theory of International Trade. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Chapter in a Book
Bagwell, Kyle, and Robert W. Staiger. 1997. “Multilateral Tariff Cooperation during the Formation of Free Trade Areas.” In The Pure Theory of International Trade, ed. Mary Smyth, 291–319. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

e. Short quotations within the text should appear within quotation marks. Longer quotations should begin on a new line and be indented about 2 cm from the left margin. Words, punctuation, underlining, or italics not present in the original work should be contained in square brackets or noted as “emphasis added.”

f. The first paragraph of a new section or subsection should not be indented. Otherwise, the beginning of each new paragraph should be indented. In titles of sections and subsections, the first letter of each word should be capitalized. Titles of sections and subsections should be appropriately numbered. Contributors should place tables, figures, and graphs within the manuscript at the same location as is desired for the final version of the paper. (Contributors must not submit tables, figures, and graphs on separate sheets.)

g. The JSA cannot consider any research paper previously published in another journal, and contributors are not permitted to have the same paper simultaneously under review at the JSA and another journal. Likewise, the JSA cannot consider any paper that has been published in the proceedings of a conference or which is being considered for publication in the proceedings of a conference.

h. If a submitted paper has been presented at a conference, then the author must make appropriate acknowledgements.

i. If a submitted manuscript is the property of some other party (such as a research institution), then the contributor must obtain permission from that party prior to submitting the manuscript to the JSA; when the manuscript is submitted, the contributor must make appropriate acknowledgments.

j. Any article published in the JSA becomes the property of the JSA, and the right of disseminating such articles belongs exclusively to the JSA. However, authors do retain the right to publish their articles as part of a book, provided that appropriate reference is made to the publication in the JSA.

k. Please note that manuscripts that fail to conform to the above guidelines will be immediately returned to the contributor.

• Dissertations

Authors may submit summaries of PhD dissertations, provided that such dissertations have been successfully completed and the author has completed the PhD degree.

• Book Reviews

Authors may submit reviews of books published within the last three years. Such reviews may not exceed 10 pages in length and must include a cover page with all of the following information:

a. the full title of the book

b. the full name of the author of the book

c. the full name of the publisher

d. the place of publication

e. the date of publication

f. the number of pages in the book

g. the full name and address of the reviewer

If the book is published in a language other than English, then the information requested in parts (a) through (f) must be provided both in English and in the language in which the book is published.