Discrimination and Exclusion

Journal: Open Citizenship
Deadline for submissions: Feb. 15, 2011
Notice of Acceptance: Mar. 15, 2011

Open Citizenship combines scientific discourses on the subject of European citizenship with articles and reports on the positive and negative effects of its current legal definition. The  journal’s objective is to contribute to the development of a new and modern concept of European citizenship, to serve as a platform for the exchange of knowledge and opinions and to compare experiences from both private European citizens and from European political, social  and cultural actors. Thus, it includes articles about and insights from the European Union and  its citizens’ everyday lives.

The articles published in this journal reflect the scope and complexity of the issue of citizenship in Europe today. The basis for accepting papers for publication is the agreement among a committee of reviewers that the article makes a new, definitive, important or developmental contribution to the discourse on European citizenship

The next issue of Open Citizenship will take a closer look at exclusion and discrimination in Europe. This includes legal discrimination caused by limiting citizenship concepts at the EU and Member State level, as well as cultural obstacles to integration. In addition, the issue will explore possible solutions, by outlining, for example, cases in which progressive forms of citizenship have partly overcome these practices.
 
Open Citizenship welcome submissions on all aspects of discrimination, including:

All submissions on appropriate topics should suit one of the following areas of the journal:
 
It’s Academic!
The journal publishes scientific articles that add to the debate on EU citizenship. Submissions should be no longer than 38,500 characters (about 11 single-spaced pages, excluding references). All articles should be submitted as Microsoft Word documents (*.doc). The journal does not accept articles submitted only in abstract. However, if you are unsure whether your topic fits with Open Citizenship, you may submit an abstract well enough before the submission deadline that you will be able to finish your article in time.

Open Mic
Open Mic welcomes journalistic submissions, opinions, and personal statements. Submissions should be no longer than 4 single-spaced pages or about 8,000 characters. Journalistic standards are expected here, so brevity is preferred.

Movement Watch
In addition to scholarly and journalistic articles, we invite nonprofit organisations working on citizenship issues to present their work. Contributions for Movement Watch should be no longer than 4 single-spaced pages (about 8,000 characters) and must include a description of the organisation or project and the organisation’s vision for EU citizenship.

Critics’ Corner
Finally, we invite critics to write reviews of books, films, art and music related to the issues of EU citizenship and discrimination and exclusion. Email us a short description of what you would like to review and why and, if we like your idea, the editors will ask you to write a review of you suggest-ed piece about 4 single-spaced pages (about 8,000 characters) or a review essay analysing several works of no more than 6 single-spaced pages (or 12,000 characters).
 
Please send your submissions and questions to submissions@opencitizenship.eu for review by
15 February 2011. More information can be found on our website: opencitizenship.eu.

CitizensforEurope e.V.
Lisa Pettibone
address:Seestr. 96
13353 Berlin, Germany
e-mail: pettibone@citizensforeurope.org