General guidelines
2. The submissions must be of a scientific nature. Opinion or journalistic documents will not be accepted.
3. The proposals can be articles, essays or book reviews.4. The author's name must include the most relevant information from his curriculum: academic degrees, institution, nationality, current occupation, telephone (s), address and email.
Articles and essays
1. Every article or essay must have a discursive methodology that includes the following sections: title in original language and English, name of author, abstract in original language and in English, keywords, introduction, conclusions, proposals and / or recommendations, as well as the bibliographical sources.2. The maximum number of authors per proposal is four. The first name that appears on the proposal shall be deemed as the lead author and/or the following will be the coauthors.
3. The proposal must be between 15 and 30 pages in length.
4. The format of the proposal must be the following: Times New Roman, 12 points with a 1.5 spacing.
5. The inclusion of headings is recommended every two pages or so. Titles and subtitles may be amended by the Editorial Board. An epigraph at the beginning of the proposal is not accepted.
6. All of the articles must include an abstract of between 100 and 150 words, which shall state the purpose, methodology and main results or conclusions. Five keywords must be aggregated as well. The abstract and keywords will be presented in the original language and in the English language.
7. Acronyms must be defined the first time they appear in the text with the definition and the acronym inserted in a bracket. E.g.: United Nations (UN).
8. Notes and footnotes shall be used for explanatory purposes and should not be used to indicate or refer to bibliography.
9. Graphs, charts and diagrams shall be sorted numerically (in Arabic numerals) according to the sequence of appearance in the text and the reference source (figure or caption). The format of these objects must be in the JPG format and processed in grayscale (black and white), without any highlighting or additional textures. None of these objects shall come from a source that is not the author’s. Tables and graphs shall be submitted in their original format. Photographs will be accepted in exceptional cases. The author(s) will have to acquire the copyright permission to reproduce elements produced by a third party; therefore the author must also send a letter from the third party which indicates that his graphs, images or schemes may be used.
10. The references used in the proposal must go according to the Harvard citation system. They must be presented in the following format: last name, year of publication: page or pages. The citation must be enclosed in parentheses.
Examples:
- Citations: "The county council was the most interesting institution, including those established by the Spanish Constitution of 1812" (Benson, 1980: 11).
- Benson mentions that "The county council was the most interesting institution, including those established by the Spanish Constitution of 1812" (1980: 11).
- More than three authors (Alvarez et al. 1990: 23).
- If the citation refers to the whole idea of an author, then the year of the publication must be enclosed in parentheses: Benson (1980) states that the viceroy was slowly excising his constitutional mandates...
- If the author has more than one publication of the same year, then the publications should be listed alphabetically and distinguished by a lower case letter after the year: (Uvalle, 2003a: 90) and (Uvalle, 2003b: 75).
- In the case that a citation of a newspaper does not have the name of the author the citation must have this structure: Newspaper, date: section page. (La Calle, 08/03/2002: 3C). If there is an author, then the quote must be as follows: (Carmona, 24/06/2003: 6 El Nacional).
- Laws or legislations: Author, year: Article (IFE, 1999: Article 15).
11. The referenced bibliography must be cited alphabetically and shall be listed; only the bibliography cited must be included in the document. The Harvard system must be implemented in the following order: Name(s) and full name, (year in parentheses), title in italics, edition number, place, publisher.
Examples:
Book:
Benson, Nettie Lee (1980), The county council and the Mexican federalism, 2nd ed., Mexico, El Colegio de Mexico / LI Legislature House of Representatives.
Alvarez, Norma et al. (1990), Reform of the political system, Mexico, Diana.
Institutional documents:
Name of institution, year, title and city.
UAEM (Autonomous University of the State of Mexico) (2002), Incentives Programme performance of teachers, Toluca.
Journal:
Aguilar Hernandez, Philip (2001), "The university and the professions of the new millennium", Journal Public Spaces, Year 4, no. 8 Toluca, UAEM, Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration, pp. 231-249.
Newspaper:
Name of the newspaper, brief date, title, city, country.
La Calle, 24/06/2003, "Will Demand deputy prosecutor Emilio Ulloa mexiquense defamation", Toluca, Mexico.
Carmona Soto, Aida (2003), "Espacios Públicos achieved an international presence" in La Calle, June 24, Toluca, Mexico.
Laws:
Author, year, name of the law, city.
IFE (Federal Electoral Institute) (1999), Federal Code of Electoral Institutions and Procedures, Mexico.
Dictionary:
Debbasch, Charles et al. (1985), Dictionary of Politically, Bogotá, Ed. Themis.
Oxford School Dictionary (1996), Mexico, Oxford University Press.
Encyclopedia:
Encyclopedia of Mexico (1987), t. 9 Mexico, SEP.
Electronic documents:
Author, year, title, media type [online, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, diskette], place of publication, publisher, date of publication.
Monterroso Salvatierra, Neptalí (2000), "The participation of civil society in the management of forest resources" International seminar-workshop on participatory methodologies for sustainable forest development [CD-ROM], Peten Guatemala, 3-7 April.
Internet:
Author, year, title, date of appointment, availability and access.
Medina Salazar, Julian (2003), Historical Overview, s / f at http: //l48.215.9-2/his.html, accessed October 16, 2003.
Works by the same author and year:
If the same author there are several references in the same year, specify the year followed by an alphabetical order.
Uvalle, Ricardo (2003a), "Professional Service and the New Public Management in Mexico" Memorial Forum professionalization of public service in Mexico: towards innovation and democracy, Mexico, Gargoyle Editions, pp. 89-90.
Uvalle, Ricardo (2003b), The ethics of public servants, Toluca, IAPEM.
For reviews:
2. Book reviews submitted by a single author will only be accepted.
3. All book reviews must be between 5-10 pages in length. The format of the book review must be the following: Times New Roman, 12 points, with a 1.5 spacing.
4. The book review must have a different name from the book, which the review is based on.
5. The author must attach the cover of the book in a JPG format file and another file with the following information: title of book, author (s), year, publisher, country, number of pages and ISBN).
6. All the book reviews will be selected by the Editorial Board according to the quality and relevance of the themes of the book.
Submission:
All of the proposals must be delivered to the following address: Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, Cerro de Coatepec, Ciudad Universitaria, Toluca, Méx, C.P. 50100. Tel. (01-722) 2131607 or 2150494. All messages or documents must be forwarded to Ma. Cristina Reyes Montes. e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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