Submissions:

Latin American Perspectives regularly accepts submissions of manuscripts for upcoming issues. Please look below at our prospectuses for issues we are currently accepting manuscripts for. We also welcome submissions which might not necessarily coincide with our current calls for papers. All submissions should be directed to the managing editor at the LAP Office. -Contact Us-

SUBMITTING MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts should be no longer than 25 pages (approximately 7,000-7,500 words) of double-spaced 12 point text with 1 inch margins, including notes and references, and paginated.  Please follow the LAP style guidelines included in the Manuscript Preparation Form, located below.

Click Here for the Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

Manuscripts may be submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.  If submitting in Spanish or Portuguese, please indicate if you will have difficulty reading correspondence from the LAP office in English. Please feel free to contact the Issue Editor with questions pertaining to the issue but be sure that manuscripts are sent to the LAP office by e-mail to: laps@ucr.edu with the subject line – “Your name – MS for [short issue name] issue”

In addition to electronic submission (CD-R if unable to send by e-mail) if possible submit two print copies including a cover sheet and basic biographical and contact information to:

Managing Editor, Latin American Perspectives¸ P.O. Box 5703, Riverside, California 92517-5703. 
Editor contact information:  Editor’s name  - Editor’s e-mail

MANUSCRIPT REVIEW PROCESS

The editorial board comprises Participating Editors, Honorary Editors, Associate Editors, and Coordinating Editors, who read and evaluate manuscripts. Any one or more of these editors may be responsible for organizing a special issue. Manuscripts are normally evaluated by two Participating Editors (at least one Latin American) and two members of the Editorial Collective. The Editorial Collective consists of the Coordinating Editors, who make decisions and who are assisted by the Associate Editors and by Interns. The Collective decides if the manuscript is to be accepted in its present form, returned to the author for revision, deferred for resubmission, or rejected. In all decisions, the reviewers' comments will be sent to the author. Either a Coordinating Editor or an Issue Editor will serve as liaison between the author and other editors. For authors who so wish, the liaison will provide editorial assistance or settle any substantial disagreement among reviewers. An author who feels that important views have been rejected may appeal; this will be reviewed by all Coordinating Editors. Submission of a manuscript implies commitment to publish in the journal. Authors submitting manuscripts to the journal should not simultaneously submit them to another journal.

The journal handles many submissions in various stages of the review process. A manuscript decision will typically be made within 3-4 months of the submission date. However, due to the professional obligations of our editors, as well as submission volume, occassional delays may occur in the review proces. The LAP office does everything it can to expedite the review and decision process.

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Current Prospectuses (Spanish prospectuses are available HERE)

Tourism, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality

Violence Against Women in Latin America

The Myth of the“GOOD” and “BAD” Latin American Left: Leftist Governments and Social Movements

The Return of the State, New Social Actors, and Post-neoliberalism in Ecuador

Re-inventing the Lefts in Latin America: Critical Perspectives from Below

Rethinking Indigenismo on the American Continent

Political Documentary Film and Video in the Southern Cone: Argentina, Chile and Uruguay (1950s-2000s)

Art, Culture, and Politics: Representations of and by Latinos in the Americas

Chile's Bachelet: Testing the Limits of Limited Democracy

China's South-South Relationships with Latin America in the Current Era

Colombia’s Left: Its Power, Influence and Challenges

Afro-American/Latin Americans and their Struggle for Environmental Justice, Community, and Identity

Latin American Urbanization, Inequality, and Social Struggles in the 21st Century

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