Call for Papers
Polis an academic journal published by the European University of Tirana (UET), Albania, would like to invite post – graduate students, researchers and academics in general to submit papers for its sixth issue. The journal is published in Albanian and comes out three times a year. It focuses on issues directly or indirectly related to democratization in general and Albanian democratization in particular. The five previous issues of Polis have focused on political representation, Albanian Euro-scepticism, informality in Albania, the role of the international community in the Albanian democratization, and the crises of representation, respectively.
The papers published in the last issues of Polis can be accessed on line at www.revistapolis. com or through the UET website: www.universitetieur opian.com
The sixth issue of Polis will have as its central theme corruption. Corruption has been identified both locally and internationally as one of the major challenges that Albanian democratization and development faces. Every major party and politician has been accused of and has denounced corruption. Furthermore, far from being a peculiarity of the Albanian political scene corruption seems to be a growing problem not only in the former communist countries but even in the most consolidated democracies. Hence, anti-corruption campaigns have been undertaken on constant bases, albeit with disappointing results. The more it is fought the more corruption seems to grow.
It is this phenomenon that the sixth issue of Polis seeks to explore by looking at it from different angles; including but not limited to institutional, structural, discursive, cultural or sociological perspectives. Therefore, we would like to invite submissions that explore different aspects of corruption, in Albania and beyond, from a critical perspective. The aim is to explore corruption not only as an economic but also as a political phenomenon and relate it to the crises of representation. We are open to submissions that focus on corruption in other countries that might be relevant to the Albanian case as well. The papers can be submitted in Albanian or English. If submitted in English and selected for publication they will be translated into Albanian by the Polis staff.
For inquiries, comments, or submissions please send your e-mails to: bkajsi@essex. ac.uk or kajsiu@yahoo. com
Submission deadline: June 20th, 2008
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