Belarusian Political Science Review is a peer-reviewed political science periodical that serves as an interdisciplinary publication for research papers from various subfields of political sciences. The publication aims at meeting needs of broad academic community in scientific enquiry on politics of Belarus and of East-Central Europe.

The Journal publishes research materials on all key topics and on all approaches of political sciences without any methodological restrictions except for reasonable scholar criteria. The regional focus of the Journal is Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Latvia and Estonia.

BPSReview was founded by the Consortium of Belarusian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian and Latvian organizations, bringing together the experience of a broad academic community and institutions that work on promoting and advancing research in political sciences and political analysis.

To learn more about BPSReview please visit www.palityka.org

Basic requirements:
Only original texts based on research findings that have never been published as separate articles or parts of a monograph will be considered. The articles sent to the editorial committee undergo anonymous peer review. All texts shall be submitted in English (American or British spelling).

Articles shall be related to the following countries: Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Latvia and Estonia. Comparative studies of the region are especially encouraged. Broader comparative research involving at least one priority country as a case study is also relevant.

Minimum text size is 30,000 characters and maximum is 55,000 characters. In addition to the article, the following information must be submitted: a) information about the author; b) text abstract; c) 4-5 keywords (tags).

Information about the author. Information about the author shall contain: research field or discipline, country, academic affiliation and administrative status and other essential information, not to exceed 2-3 sentences.

Abstract. Abstract shall reflect the main ideas of the text and shall not exceed 120 words.

All submitted papers must adhere to the American Political Science Association Style (see http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocAPSA.html)

Materials for publication in the next issue (2012) will be accepted until October 25, 2011

The submission of the articles is conducted online.
Please send materials or any relevant questions to [email protected].