CfA: Editor(s), International Political Sociology

General Announcement: The term of founding editors Didier Bigo and R. B. J. Walker will be coming to and end in December, 2011.  Thus, the ISA Publications Committee is calling for proposals from individuals or teams to succeed Profs. Bigo and Walker as editor(s).  Only those with university positions and access to university resources should apply.  Transition duties will commence in mid-Summer 2011, and a five-year term will begin in January, 2012.  The Executive Committee of the International Studies Association will make a recommendation to the organization’s Governing Council regarding the assignment of editorial duties for International Political Sociology at the 2011 annual meetings in Montreal.

International Political Sociology (IPS), responds to the need for more productive collaboration among political sociologists, international relations specialists and sociopolitical theorists. It is especially concerned with challenges arising from contemporary transformations of social, political, and global orders given the statist forms of traditional sociologies and the marginalization of social processes in many approaches to international relations. IPS is committed to theoretical innovation, new modes of empirical research and the geographical and cultural diversification of research beyond the usual circuits of European and North-American scholarship.

For parties interested in submitting a proposal:  A brief mission statement for IPS can be accessed here.  Similarly, descriptions of editorial duties, and guidelines for proposal writers may be found here.   The ISA Publications Committee will evaluate all applications, and make its recommendation regarding a new editor (or editorial team) to the Executive Committee in late August 2010.  Appointment of the new Editor(s) will be discussed and approved by the Governing Council for a five year term beginning in 2012.   There will also be some transitional duties during the last six months of 2011.  The International Studies Association will provide a subvention to the Editor(s) of approximately $30,000 annually to support the editorial project.  Applications should be submitted to Brian M. Pollins, ISA Publications Committee Chair, in electronic form only, please at pollins.1@osu.edu .  Applications should be received  no later than June 30, 2010, although applications will be accepted until an appointment is recommended by the committee.
 
Questions: Questions about the process of selecting the editor(s) or the editorial duties involved are likely addressed in materials found on the web page listed above.  Any additional questions are welcome, and may be addressed to the Chair of the Publications Committee, Brian M. Pollins, at pollins.1@osu.edu, or (614) 309-1867.  Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. ISA is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.