We now invite submissions to the Oxford Political Review’s 15th issue, under the theme of ‘Home’.
‘Home’ is sometimes taken to delineate the spheres of life that fall outside the realm of politics: the private from the public, the intimate from the communal, and the familiar from the unknown. Yet not only is this act of delineation itself political, but the concept of ‘home’ has always been a site of political contestation and transformation.
How do political forces shape our ideas of a ‘home’ – through migration, housing and citizenship policies and narratives? In what ways does the notion of home on the national level become a battleground for struggles over belonging and exclusion, safety and insecurity? What happens when home becomes a site of activism, resistance, or state control? These questions and more offer fertile ground for reflection.
The deadline for submissions is 14 January 2025 (23:59 UK time). Submissions should be emailed to submissions@oxfordpoliticalreview.com along with a short 1-2 sentence bio of the author.
In general, we are looking for submissions that take the following format:
- Long-form articles consisting of no more than 2,000 words
- Book reviews and review essays of no more than 1,500 words
- Interviews of no more than 2,000 words
- Short op-ed style articles of around 800 words
For more information on our submission guidelines, please follow this link. Pieces that do not adhere to our style guide will be rejected.
Typically, we have more submissions than we can accept. If we like your submission but cannot accept it for the print issue, we will publish it separately online.
Potential topics:
- Contested sovereignty, nations in the international stage
- Politics of migration, displacement, exile, diaspora
- Identity, belonging, and the welfare state
- Politics of place, urbanism, and architecture
- Home ownership and homelessness
- Politics of care, family and domesticity
Potential books for review:
- Cities Rethought: A New Urban Disposition (Gautam Bhan, Michael Keith, Susan Parnell, Edgar Pieterse)
- Exile: Chronicle of the Border (Didier Fassin, Anne-Claire Defossez)
- How the Heartland Went Red: Why Local Forces Matter in an Age of Nationalized Politics (Stephanie Ternullo)
- Feeling at Home: Transforming the Politics of Housing (Alva Gotby)
- The Exiled: Empire, Immigration and the Ugandan Asian Exodus (Lucy Fulford)