Global Discourse

Global Discourse:
A Developmental Journal of Research in Politics and International Relations

Issues

There has been a proliferation of journals over the past decade. While some of these publications have created forums for neglected subjects, many have attracted a negligible readership with little engagement between author and audience. Postgraduate journals, in particular, have often been used as ineffective instruments of ‘CV-hoop jumping’. Promising research projects are often ended by authors relinquishing copyright to unread and unrated journals.

About the Title

Global Discourse is a forum for the expression and development of distinctive research projects in all areas of politics and international relations – particularly those which transcend disciplinary boundaries. The journal accepts high quality submissions from any theoretical and methodological perspective and encourages debate between paradigms and schemas.

Global Discourse publishes two issues per annum . The first issue of each year is themed and is associated with a particular event, such as the 2011 conference entitled ‘Examining the Contemporary Relevance of Marx to Global Society’. We welcome submissions on any area of politics or international relations for the second issue of each year.

Aims

Global Discourse is an attempt to produce a collaborative forum which facilitates discourse between author and reader. As a fully peer-reviewed online journal, Global Discourse aims to provide a critical, developmental forum for research projects.

The journal aims to review its own content by publishing 1-2,000 word formal reviews and replies to each published article as well as encouraging less formal dialogue through moderated discussion boards.

The journal also aims to develop a more dynamic book review section, with intensive discussion of a single text by several reviewers published alongside replies from the author/s.