- The Rest: Journal of Politics and Development publishes book reviews on a wide range of topics. The Rest is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal focused on interconnected fields within international relations, such as international security, international political economy, international organisations, and foreign policy analysis. The primary purpose of The Rest is to provide short, reader-friendly, scholarly, and up-to-date book reviews from different disciplines in a timely manner.
- Reviewers are not entitled to receive any payments for their book reviews from The Rest and its publisher, Centre for Strategic Research and Analysis (CESRAN International). Book reviews published in The Rest: Journal of Politics and Development are subject to the journal’s Copyright and Licensing Policy. Authors retain copyright, and published content is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
- Book reviews are no longer than 1000 words per book.
- A Review should be headed with a bibliographic citation for the book, including the author, title, location of publication, publisher, date, ISBN, pages and price, in line with the following example:
Constantine Arvanitopoulos (ed.), Turkey’s Accession to the European Union: An Unusual Candidacy, (Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2009, ISBN: 978-3-540-88196-4, 215 pp., £72.00 hb.)
There is no set structure for reviews; however, balance a non-evaluative overview of the book’s content with a critical evaluation. Use the first half of the review to tell readers what the book is about: its fundamental argument; its approach; the topics, countries or cases the author analyses; and what kind of readers the book is aimed at. Use the rest of the review to assess how well it succeeds. Does the author succeed in his/her goals? Is the book innovative or noteworthy in theory, method or empirical work? Are there gaps or anomalies in its coverage? How plausible are the author’s arguments? Is the book well written?
- For the style guidelines, see the author and style guidelines.
- Please include your name and institutional affiliation (if any) at the end of the review.
- To submit a book review to The Rest, please prepare a Word document and send it as an email attachment to Professor Rahman Dag at rahman.dag [@] cesran.org.
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Authors will be required to complete the journal’s Author Declaration and Publishing Agreement prior to publication.
Thank you for your contributions.