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The Party Politics of Territorial Reforms in Europe
Volume 36, Issue 2, 2013 pages (iii)-446
Assessing Political Representation in Europe
Volume 35, Issue 6, 2012 pages (v)-1432
Special Issue on: From Europeanisation to Diffusion
Volume 35, Issue 1, 2012 pages v-207
Understanding Electoral Reform
Volume 34, Issue 3, 2011 pages v-663
Linking Inter- and Intra-institutional Change in the European Union
Volume 34, Issue 1, 2011 pages v-179
Accountability and European Governance
Volume 33, Issue 5, 2010 pages v-1165
The Structure of Political Competition in Western Europe
Volume 33, Issue 3, 2010 pages v-710
Governing the European Union: Policy Instruments in a Multi-Level Polity
Volume 33, Issue 1, 2010 pages v-170
The Politics of Conflict Management in EU Regulation
Volume 32, Issue 4, 2009 pages v-865
France's Political Institutions at 50
Volume 32, Issue 2, 2009 pages iii-437
The Politics of Organised Interests in Europe: Lessons from EU Studies and Comparative Politics
Volume 31, Issue 6, 2008 pages i-1302
Towards a New Executive Order in Europe?
Volume 31, Issue 4, 2008 pages iii-854
Italy: A Contested Polity
Volume 30, Issue 4, 2007 pages 4-943
Contested Competences in Europe: Incomplete Contracts and Interstitial Institutional Change
Volume 30, Issue 2, 2007 pages iii-415
Immigration Policy in Europe: The Politics of Control
Volume 29, Issue 2, 2006 pages 201-387
Norway: The Transformation of a Political System
Volume 28, Issue 4, 2005 pages 705-918
The Challenge of Modernisation: Politics and Policy in Greece. Editor: Kevin Featherstone
Volume 28, Issue 2, 2005 pages 223-491
Policy Change and Discourse in Europe
Volume 27, Issue 2, 2004 pages 183-379
The Swiss Labyrinth Institutions, Outcomes and Redesign
Volume 24, Issue 2, 2001 pages 1-ebi
Europeanised Politics? European Integration and National Political Systems
Volume 23, Issue 4, 2000 pages 1-ebi
Recasting European Welfare States
Volume 23, Issue 2, 2000 pages 1-ebi
The Changing French Political System
Volume 22, Issue 4, 1999 pages 1-ebi
Compounded Representation in West European Federations
Volume 22, Issue 2, 1999 pages 1-ebi
Politics and Policy in Democratic Spain: No Longer Different?
Volume 21, Issue 4, 1998 pages 1-ebi
Britain in the Nineties the Politics of Paradox
Volume 21, Issue 1, 1998 pages 1-ebi
Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics
Volume 20, Issue 1, 1997 pages 1-ebi
The Crisis of Representation in Europe
Volume 18, Issue 3, 1995 pages 1-ebi
The State in Western Europe Retreat or Redefinition?
Volume 17, Issue 3, 1994 pages 1-ebi
The Politics of Immigration in Western Europe
Volume 17, Issue 2, 1994 pages 1-ebi
Rethinking Social Democracy in Western Europe
Volume 16, Issue 1, 1993 pages 1-ebi

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Special Issue Guidelines - West European Politics

West European Politics welcomes proposals for special issues. The Journal normally publishes two special issues per year. They are selected on a competitive basis. Full proposals for special issues should be submitted at least two years before planned publication. Proposals considered suitable by the editors will be reviewed prior to a decision being taken. All articles published in the Journal are subject to our double anonymous peer review system, with reviewers chosen by special issue editors in consultation with the editors of the journal. Decisions on publication will be taken on the basis of reviewers’ reports. An invitation to prepare a special issue does not constitute a guarantee of publication of either the special issue or of individual articles therein.

Special issue proposals should set out the objectives, research questions and approaches guiding the volume and specify its content and structure. The research to be presented should be explained clearly. The proposal should also include the abstracts of all articles and short biographical notes on the contributors. Please note that WEP special issues normally contain between 8 and 10 articles. The proposal document should not exceed 8 pages.

Special issue proposals should be submitted to the editors via the WEP office - email [email protected].

Symposium guidelines

West European Politics welcomes proposals for symposia. Symposia may address a common empirical concern in the study of European politics, government or public policy; focus on conceptual or theoretical debates; discuss methodological advances; or engage with topical normative questions. Symposia comprise three to six articles. They are selected on a competitive basis. All articles published in the journal are subject to double blind peer review, with reviewers chosen by the editors of the journal. Decisions on publication will be taken on the basis of reviewers’ reports. An invitation to prepare a symposium does not constitute a guarantee of publication of either the symposium or of individual articles therein.

A symposium proposal should set out the objectives, questions and approaches and specify the symposium’s content and structure. The proposal should also include the abstracts of all articles and short biographical notes on the contributors. The proposal document should not exceed 4 pages.

Symposium proposals should be submitted to the editors via the WEP office - email: [email protected].