Book Project: Call for Chapters
We are soliciting chapter proposals for a two-volume book series entitled “The Guide to Neutrality Studies”. Interested researchers are invited to send their chapter proposals through the following google form. Please fill in all required fields. https://forms.gle/tXb3V8TnjTMfHD75A
The Guide to Neutrality Studies
Provisional Book Title: “The Guide to Neutrality Studies”
Volume 1: State Actors
Volume 2: Non-State Actors
We are soliciting applications for book chapters to be published in a two-volume book series on the topic of “Neutrality Studies”. The two volumes shall serve as introductions to the academic study of neutrality across different scientific disciplines, including but not limited to history, international relations, law, political science, anthropology and sociology. The two volumes shall explore an eclectic range of cases in a unified manner so as to guide students and fellow researchers as to how to approach this concept.
This two-volume guide to the study of neutral actors in international relations gives a comprehensive overview of a nascent academic field with millennia-old roots in the orient and occident. It outlines the fundamental topics of the study of third-party actors in local, international, and global conflicts, and introduces the most common research frameworks employed in different academic fields to understand neutral actors across scientific domains. While volume one outlines and explains traditional approaches to neutral states in the international system, volume two discusses non-state neutral actors as well as non-conventional research methodologies, including quantitative, sociological, philosophical, and ethnographic approaches.
Editors
Dr. Pascal Lottaz, Kyoto University
Dr. Naman Habtom-Desta, University of Cambridge (executive editor)
Dr. Hillary Briffa, Kings College London
Dr. Eric Golson, University of Surrey
Cohesiveness
While the individual chapters of the two volumes will be instructive as topical readings on their own, the two volumes will group research topics and approaches under a unified framework. To assure cross-chapter coherence and readability, all contributions must adhere to the following section structure in their chapters.
- Summary (extended 1-page abstract)
- Introduction to Research Question or Topic
- Methodology
- Research & Findings
Volume Plan
Introduction (summary): 5’000 words
13 chapter x 7000 words: 91’000 words
Front & Back Matter: 3’000 words
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Total per volume: 97’000 words
Project Time-Frame
This project is supported by Kyoto University funding for fiscal year 2025. To assure that the available funding can be used effectively, including for the Open Access Processing fee of the yet to determine publisher, the manuscript must go to production in fall 2025. The below time-table must be adhered to strictly.
Call for papers: 2024, November 15 – December 15.
Deadline for chapter selection: 2024, December 20.
Deadline for first-draft submission: 2025, April 1.
Deadline for editorial feedback: 2025, May 31.
Deadline for second draft submission: 2025, June 30.
Deadline for editorial feedback: 2025, July 31.
Deadline for final draft submission: 2025, September 15.
By submitting a chapter proposal you agree to adhering to these deadlines. They will be strictly enforced.
Submit a proposal
Submit your proposal with the following google-forms link. It is recommended that you write the chapter abstract in a separate file on your computer and copy/paste it into the google form (to guard against data loss). https://forms.gle/tXb3V8TnjTMfHD75A
Questions or Commets
For questions and comments, please write to the executive editor, Dr. Naman Habtom-Desta at [email protected]