Iberoforum is an electronic journal edited each semester by the Social Science Department of the Iberoamericana University located in Mexico City. Its main objective is to promote the discussion and the analysis, empirical as much as theoretical, of scientific subjects related to Social Science including Anthropology, Sociology or Political Science. According to a philosophy of open knowledge, the journal intends to be a reference for scholars, investigators and students and it is open to the presentation of original and unpublished manuscripts, from individual authors or in collaboration, according to the following criteria:

Content:
The articles, essays and book reviews must refer to subjects of Social Science, such as:
the analysis of Latin America empirical reality (from the point of view of Anthropology, Sociology, or Political Science);
the presentation of case studies, both actual or from a historical point of view (regional, national or international);
the revision of the ideas of classic authors or theories;
the presentation of the "state of art" of involved disciplines; and
the spreading of result of empirical and theoretical investigations, etc.
The body of the manuscript must correspond to an academic investigation with an introduction, in which the relevance of the research must be specified, a review of the matter from other scholars, the development of theoretical aspects and a conclusion.

The affirmations must be supported with data or the studies of others authors. Foot pages are recommended if needed.
Iberoforum has not thematic numbers.

Requirements:
All manuscripts must be original, unpublished and sent to be evaluated in Iberoforum only.
Papers in Spanish, English, French or Portuguese are welcomed.
Along with the articles and essays is essential the presentation of an abstract in English and in the language of the article of no more than 200 characters. Five key words must be sent as well.
With the publication, the authors grant to Iberoforum the permission to publish their material in an electronic form, engaging to the philosophy of the web open knowledge.

Paper evaluation:

The papers are evaluated through a fair process. Each article is considered by the committee and appointed to two referees who don't know each other and don't know the authors. The referees are chosen from our list of national or international scholars due to their especial knowledge of the subject.
Papers could be accepted, accepted with modifications or rejected. In case of discrepancy between referees, a third one must be appointed. The resolution is final.

In case of acceptance, the author must sign a cession of rights, present and future, for the gratuitous diffusion in the internet, with the express indication of source in case of citations in the future. He must declare, without exceptions, that the article is original, inedited and that it has been sent to Iberoforum only.
The coordination of Iberoforum must inform the situation of the article to the authors, the process of dictamination and its results.

Edition:
In general, the edition of Iberoforum must be satisfied with the articles approved in the temporary order of reception; but for the layout of the number, Iberoforum reserves the right to advance or to postpone accepted manuscripts.
The coordination of the journal can carry out the correction of style necessaries to improve the papers, always respecting its contents.

Paper structure:

As mentioned above, the paper must be original, inedited, and sent to Iberoforum only. It can be submitted by one author or more, in collaboration.
It must be sent by email typed in Times Roman 12, 1.5 spaces, with left and right margins equal 2.5cm, and upper and lower margins equal to 3.0cm.
The title must be concise, using centered alignment and Capital letters.
The author's name must be written below the title with the given name followed by two family names.

An abstract of 200 words must be included followed by five keywords. It is suitable to include a Spanish abstract and five keywords in Spanish, as well.
Finally, a brief résumé of the author is required. It must include the author's name, affiliation, themes of interest, actual occupation and email.
The extension of the paper depends on the section chosen in order to be published. For the main section ("Notas para el debate"), the maximum extension is 35 sheets, for the other two sections ("Voces y contextos" and "Política y poder") the extension must not exceed 30 pages. For "Apuntes y Punto" the maximum is 15 pages and for Book reviews the extension suggested is under 4 pages.
All the foot notes must be numbered. All abbreviations must be clarified the first time that they are used in the text.
All title and sub titles must be margined to the left in cursive letters. To enlighten words, titles o words in another language, cursive letters must be used.
The quotation of less than five lines must be included in the text accompanied by the last name of the author, year: page (in Harvard system of quotation), as follows: "The one-sided dependency only lasted for a short period of time" (Almond, 1998: 51). For two authors (Alt and Alesina, 1998: 645) and for more than two authors (Ragin et al., 1998: 750). In case of more than one quotation of the same author, corresponding to different publications in the same year, the indication must be as follows: ( Beck 2000a:14) and (Beck 2000b:21)
The quotation of more than five lines must be shown in a different paragraph, as follows:
Mindful of what lies in store for unreasonable people, let us now attempt to evaluate the full theoretical and practical significance of Rawls'view. One useful initial strategy is to try to determine who the unreasonable persons are. There are at least two possibilities here and, and they foreshadow contradictory intuitions. First, one should worry about the liberalism that ignores, from the outset, the political views of certain groups among a citizenry. (Friedman, 2000: 23).

f)References:
The bibliography must be included at the end of the article. It must specify family name and initial of given name, followed by the Harvard system of quotation and bibliography. The references must appear in the format given in the examples below:

Books:
Lewis, P. (1990), The crisis of argentine capitalism. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina.

More than a book per author:
Chomsky, N. (1997), On power and ideology: the Managua lectures. Managua, Universidad Centroamericana.
- (1997), Latin America: from colonization to globalization. Australia, Ocean Press.

Journals:
Giménez, G. (2003), "El debate sobre la prospectiva de las ciencias sociales en los umbrales del nuevo milenio" in Revista Mexicana de Sociología. Año 65, núm. 2. México, UNAM.
Morley, D. (1998), "Debate mediático: interpretando las interpretaciones de las interpretaciones", en Curran, James et al. [comps.] in Estudios culturales y comunicación. España: Paidós Comunicación.

Newspapers:
Arvizu Arrioja, J. "Las fuerzas armadas, ejército para la paz, asegura Zedillo", El Universal, México, D.F., 11 de febrero de 1999, primera sección, p. 2.

Quotation taken from the web:
De Sur a Sur, Revista Andaluza de Solidaridad, Paz y Cooperación. No. 31, Enero-Febrero 2006. Revista Electrónica, < HYPERLINK "http://www.nodo50.org/surasur-digital>. [21" www.nodo50.org/surasur-digital>. [21 de agosto de 2008]

Tendencias Mundiales del Empleo 2008. Organización Internacional del Trabajo < HYPERLINK "http://www.e-Mexico.gob.mx/wb2/eMex/eMex_Organizacion_Internacional_" http://www.e-Mexico.gob.mx/wb2/eMex/eMex_Organizacion_Internacional_del_
Trabajo>. [3 de septiembre de 2008]

In order to send papers, email them to:
revista.iberoforum@uia.mx revista.iberoforum@uia.mx helena.varela@uia.mx nora_lemmi@hotmail.com
In order to contact us:
Universidad Iberoamericana:
Edición de Iberoforum
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