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NEW POLITICAL SCIENCE: A JOURNAL OF POLITICS & CULTURE Style Sheet for C NPS Authors C NPS Style C NPS uses The Chicago Manual of Style in its most recent edition. For a ll matters not covered in this “ Style Sheet, ” refer to The Chicago Manual of Style . Formatting  Do not include an extra space between paragraphs of the same section.  Include an extra space between the final paragraph of a section and a new section title.  Include an extra space between the section title and first paragraph of the section.  Do not indent the first paragraph of each new sect ion.  Include a brief author biography of two to four sentences, as well as biographies for co - authors. Citations  C NPS style requires footnotes rather than in - text, parenthetical citations or endnotes.  Books : o The correct citation for books is: Michael Mann, Incoherent Empire (New York , NY : Verso, 2003), p. 123.  First then last name, Book Title (City and State of Publishing: Publisher, Publishing date), page number(s). o Italicize book titles rather than underlin ing them.  Journal Articles : o The correct citation for journal articles is: Claire Snyder, "Radical Civic Virtue: Women in 19th Century Civil Society," New Political Science 26:1 (2004), pp. 51 - 69.  First then last name, “ Article Title, ” Journal Title Volume: Issue (Publishing date), page number(s). o When citing journals, make sure to include the issue number. If there is no issue number, provide the issue identifier (month/season) that the journal uses.  For example: Representations 29 (Winter 1990). The m onth or season should go within the parenthesis before the year of publication, as opposed to the issue number going outside the parenthesis. o It is not necessary to include the month of publication with a journal if there is an issue number cited.  For ex ample: PMLA 119:3 (May 2004) would be incorrect ; only the year of publication is needed if the issue number is given.  Online Material : o The correct citation for websites is: Ta - Nehisi Coates, “ The Case for Reparations, ” The Atlantic (June 2014) , available online at: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the - case - for - reparations/361631/ .  First then last name, “ Article Title, ” Websi te Title (Publishing date), available online at: html link. NEW POLITICAL SCIENCE: A JOURNAL OF POLITICS & CULTURE  Other: o When noting editors in citations, for the singular use (ed.), for multiple editors use (eds) ; only use a period with a single editor. o When first introducing an author in both the body and c itation, include their first name. o Use “ p. ” and “ pp.

” rather than “ page ” and “ pages ” in citations. o Op cit. is no longer an accepted short citation, instead use the following short citation when referring to an early referenced work: author ’ s last name, fir st key words of the title (dropping words such as “ the ” at the start), page number(s). The format of the original title is kept in that if it was italicized or in quotation marks, it will remain so.  For example: Peter Custers, Questioning Globalized Mil itarism: Nuclear and Military Production and Critical Economic Theory ( New Delhi, IN; London, UK: Tulika Publishers and Merlin Press, 2007 ), p. 23 would be shortened to:  Custers, Questioning Globalized Militarism , p. 23. o When the same source is used in consecutive citations, ibid. may be used. In citations, it is not italicized, and is followed by a period. If the page number is the same as in the prior footnote, no page number is needed. If the page number changes, the period is followed by a comma, then a space and the page number(s).  For example:  Michael Mann, Incoherent Empire (New York , NY : Verso, 2003), p. 123.  Ibid., 258 – 59.  Ibid. o Superscripted citation numbers should be placed after the end of a sentence , outsi de the punctuation mark that ends the sentence .  For example: Therefore, UNRWA ’ s facilities and services united the Palestinians in the absence of a state and cultivated the sense of the “ imagined community ” that Benedict Anderson has described. 1 Capitalization  Capitalize the first letter in a quotation if it was capitalized in the original usage ; if not, use lowercase .  When discussing a war, capitalize “ war ” when using a recognized name of the war, but not when using the word in the general sens e. o For example: During the Vietnam War, the efficiency of the war effort at home lagged behind the war effort during the Korean War. Stylistic Requirements  Write out all instances of “ e.g. ” as “ for example. ”  Write out all instances of “ i.e. ” as “ that i s, ” or a similar fully spelled out phrase.  Do not use “ etc . ” or “ et cetera ” unless it is used in a direct quote.  Write out all contractions.  Foreign phrases and words which are not commonly used in English should be italicized. o For example: an obscure foreign food such as Kaiserschmarrn needs to be italicized, but a phrase such as “ esprit de corps ” need not be as it is commonly used in English.  Do not use “ since ” when showing a causal linkage . Use “ because ” instead. Only use “ si nce ” when indicating a passage of time. NEW POLITICAL SCIENCE: A JOURNAL OF POLITICS & CULTURE

 When using an acronym, introduce it on the first usage of the full name using a parenthesis. o For example: The National Rifle Association (NRA).  When using the plural of an acronym, do not include an apostrophe befo re the “ s. ” o For example: MBAs would be correct, while PhD's would be incorrect.  Write dates with month then day of the year followed by year. o For example: September 19, 2017. Punctuation  When using quotations : commas, periods, and question marks go before the quotation mark. o For example: The Obama campaign promised us “ change, ” a lack of which appears to be eroding their cohabitant message of “ hope. ”  When using quotations : colons and semicolons go after the quo tation mark. o For example: The following groups would be classified as what Huntington considers to be “ undesirables ”: Latin Americans, Asian Americans, and North Africans.  When using quotations within indented block quotations, use single quotation marks. o For example: through … a most ingenious form of ‘ interior colonization ’… which tends moreover to be sturdier than any form of segregation, and more rigorous than class stratification, more uniform, certainly more enduring.  When giving possession to a singula r surname that ends in “ s, ” include the second “ s ” after the apostrophe. For example: Edwards's. In instances in which adding the extra syllable would sound cumbersome, the author is given discretion whether to add the second “ s ” ; however in most instanc es the additional “ s ” is needed. Numerals  When using numerals for the purpose of quantifying, spell out all numerals smaller than 101. o For example: Goldman was involved with no less than thirty different anarchist organizations.  When using multiple num erals in a list, spelling out numerals is not necessary if doing so would clutter the sentence. o For example, this would be correct: Goldman served multiple prison sentences, of 4, 6, 9, 12, and 24 month spans, respectively.  However, when a sentence has b oth a lone numeral under 101 and a list of numerals in separate parts of the sentence, the lone numeral must be spelled out if under 101. o For example: Of the sixty anarchist and other progressive publications documented by the editors of the Emma Goldman Papers and by historian Paul Avrich, 28 were weeklies, 19 were monthlies, 6 were semi - monthly, 3 were dailies, 2 were biweekly, and only 2 were variable.  Regardless of size, numbers which start a sentence must be spelled out.  Round numbers larger than one - hundred must be spelled out as well. o For example: The federal budget was increased by two hundred billion dollars.