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RETHINKING
MARXISM
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Rethinking Marxism Authors’ Guidelines

The following guidelines concern the most frequently raised questions in preparing manuscripts for rethinking marxism. They apply equally to articles of 7,000 words, Remarx essays of 3,000 words, book reviews of 500–1,000 words, and correspondence. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to ask us.

Poetry and drama should be typed so as clearly to indicate lines, stanzas, and other fixed breaks. Because of the varieties of individual need, stylistic requirements for submissions of art may be determined in communication with the arts editor (also see the art submission guidelines).

You should be aware of the following:

• Your manuscript will be copyedited. Changes will be made to conform to RM conventions and, where necessary, to improve clarity and readability.
• You will receive page proofs. Please correct all printer errors. Please avoid changing or rewriting your manuscript at this stage.
• You will be notified that proofs are on their way approximately 5 weeks before they arrive. Please make sure that we have current addresses where you can be reached at that stage.
• You must return the proofs by the deadline given in the letter that accompanies the proofs. Any remaining errors cannot be corrected after proofs have been returned to the publisher.
• You will receive one complimentary copy of the issue in which your submission appears.

Submission Style and Format Details:

• Media:

  Authors should send mail submissions both on on paper and electronic media.
  • Three (3) printed printed copies — printed on only one side of the page on 8½″×11″ or A4 size paper.
  • Authors should include a disk(CD or 3.5″ floppy) with the same version of the submission as the one printed on paper. The submission should be in HTML, RTF or MS Word (in order of preference).

• Preparation

  of the physical manuscript
  • Each part of the manuscript should begin on a new page.
  • Manuscripts should have generous margins of at least one inch at the top, bottom, and sides, and should be double-spaced in their entirety (including epigraphs, block quotes, poetry, tables, notes, references, and captions). Authors are asked not to submit single-spaced or space-and-a-half manuscripts.
  • Pages should be numbered consecutively.
  • All parts (including notes) should be in the same type size.
  • Please do not insert word breaks, but reserve hyphens only for hyphenated words and phrases.

• Complete Submission:

  All parts prepared and enclosed in the following order: (see the Submission Checklist (pdf))
  • Title page
  • Text
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Tables
  • Figures, plates, or other illustrations
  • Captions for illustrations
  • Permissions
  • Authors’ biographical statements
• Title Page

  The title page should include the complete article title, names of authors, and their addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses. In case of any changes to these, please notify the editors.

• Text
  • Authors are requested to avoid unnecessary irony (as in excessive use of "quotation marks") and to reserve emphasis by underlining or italics for where it is needed. In addition, they are asked to be sensitive to the use of stereotyping language, such as gendered or ethnocentric.
  • Citations: Instead of footnotes, RM uses the author-date method of citation.
    • For example:
      • Mouffe 1995; Spivak 1992)
      • Williams 1977, 1980)
      • Lyotard (1988, 136–7)
      • Derrida (1994, 88; emphasis in original)
      • Amariglio et. al., 1996)
    • Where there are three or fewer authors, each last name should be given; where there are more than three authors, the first name should be followed by "et. al." Please be sure that names and dates in citations are consistent with those in the reference list; that page numbers are given where applicable; and that it is clearly indicated whether any emphasis in quotations is added or in the original.
    • Authors who are unfamiliar with author-date citation may wish to consult recent issues of rethinking marxism.
  • RM discourages the use of abbreviations and acronyms. Please spell out terms in full.
  • Quotations of over seventy-five words should be set apart as block quotes: indented on the left and double-spaced, indicating paragraphing and ellipses where appropriate, and followed by the author-date citation with page number.
  • Lengthy equations usually should be set apart like block quotes. However, in articles involving extensive use of mathematics, a separate appendix is appropriate. Please indicate times symbols that might be read incorrectly as "x"; if your computer does not have the mathematical symbol, "times" can be written in by hand above the "x."
  • Please insert the appropriate diacritic marks and characters into the text. If your word proessing system does not make this possible then pencil these marks into the printed manuscript. For details on commonly used (and misused) characters see the special characters guide.
• Acknowledgments

  A brief statement may be appended to the text to acknowledge others’ comments or other help and to note previous publication or presentation of portions of the text.

• Notes

  Footnotes to the text should be avoided where possible as it is preferable to make arguments and draw references within the text.

• References
  • The reference list should be complete upon submission. It should include all references cited in the text, notes, tables, and illustrations.
  • References should be crosschecked against all citations for agreement of authors’ names and dates of publication.
  • Complete references include first initials and last names of authors, translators, and editors; date of publication; full title; volume and edition, if applicable; location and name of publisher; and inclusive page numbers for articles. Journal references should include both volume and issue numbers.
  • RM follows The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition. Sample references are available here.
• Tables
  • Tables should be numbered consecutively, given titles, and typed on separate pages.
  • Within the text, tables should be referenced by number (not, for example, by "the table below" or "the table").
• Illustrations
  • Figures (e.g., diagrams, illustrations, and maps) should be submitted in camera-ready form.
  • Photographic images should be submitted on 8" x10" glossy stock. If the originals were in color, authors should first obtain high-quality conversions to black and white.
  • Well outside the boundaries of the image and in the upper or lower margin, the figure number and orientation (its top) should be indicated in pencil. If the figure consists of a glossy print, number and orientation should be typed or neatly handwritten in pencil on a self-sticking label and applied to the back of the print.
• Captions

  Figure captions (and legends, if any) should be typed and listed by figure number on a separate page.

• Permissions
  • If a table, figure, or other illustration has been published elsewhere, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reprint it and, if required by the previous publisher, paying the permission fee.
  • Permission forms can be obtained from the journals production editor at Guilford Publications, 72 Spring St., New York, NY 10012. From the United States, authors may call (800) 365-7006, x246.
• Biographical Statement

  Each author should submit a brief biographical statement for publication in the contributor notes. For example:

  Margaret Nash: Associate professor of philosophy at the State University of New England at Birmingham. In addition to teaching philosophy, she offers a variety of interdisciplinary courses and writes on feminist philosophy and psychoanalytic theory. Her most recent book is The Gender of Philosophy (Whitewell Press, 1996).

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