Background

CaribbeanElections.com was developed to provide current and  historical information on politics, democracy, and the electoral process for 28  countries within the Caribbean.  There is a special focus on citizenship  education and the importance of being involved in the democratic process.  The site is designed to serve as a one-stop  knowledge portal for students, educators, researchers, and the public, thereby  assisting in the formulation of informed decisions – from the policy to the citizen  levels.

Launched in January 2008 for the Barbados General  Elections, the site now contains detailed information on elections from across the Caribbean, including recent elections in Saint Lucia and Guyana.  Now in its fourth year and with visitors from  over 100 countries, CaribbeanElections.com is the one of the leading portals in  the area.  CaribbeanElections.com is being  increasingly used as a reference site for other international election portals,  and academic institutions.

The CaribbeanElections portal was recently upgraded and  streamlined to include information on all elections in the Caribbean.  The site now features over 3,000 resources in  our extensive Knowledge, Education, and Election centres.  We have also included over 200 biographies on  Caribbean leaders, profiles of 28 Caribbean  states, and new modules on citizenship, regionalism, and democracy. We have  also added the Caribbean Elections Community, a social network, to facilitate  continued dialogue and sharing of information on related areas.

KnowledgeWalk Institute, a Barbados-based education and  research institution, provides the portal as a public service.

Caribbean Elections Today

CaribbeanElections.com invites contributions for  forthcoming issues of its new online magazine “Caribbean Elections Today”.  The scope of the online magazine reflects the  four interest areas of CaribbeanElections.com: democracy, citizenship,  electoral process, and political process.   All articles falling under these themes are therefore acceptable.

Topics

The following subjects are provided as an example and are  not restrictive in any way:

• Business  and Politics
• Caribbean Governance
• Caribbean Political Philosophy
• Comparative  Constitutional Law
• Comparative  Politics and Government
• Contemporary  Political Theory
• Democracy  and Democratization
• E-governance  for Developing States
• Empirical  Research in Government
• Global  Political Economy
• History  of Political Thought
• Human  Rights
• International  Conflict and Cooperation
• International  Law
• International  Politics and Political Economy
• Modern  Political Thought
• Morality  and Values
• Political  Ideologies
• Political  Science and Political Institutions
• Public  Administration and Policy
• States,  Nations and Empires
• Terrorism  and Counterterrorism
• The  Politics of Developing Nations
• Theories  and Problems of Nationalism
• Trade  and the Environment
• Western  Political Thought
• Women  and Politics

Guidelines

The submissions need to comply  with the following guidelines:

• Submission language: English in a journalistic style
• Title: must effectively and creatively communicate the content of the article and may include a subtitle.
• Executive summary section should not exceed 150 words.
• Keywords: up to five relevant keywords need to be included.
• Articles should have a minimum length of 800 to a maximum of 4,000 words.
• References, where applicable, must be adequately cited and listed.
• Author profile: author name, institution, position, and e-mail address must accompany each submission.
• Images: Please send high resolution JPEG or PNG files

Deadline

There is no deadline for submission of articles, as such articles  may be submitted on a continual basis.

Please feel free to contact us for further information and  submit your paper by sending it to: submit@caribbeanelections.com

Best regards

The CaribbeanElections Team