Social & Public Policy Review is a new international peer reviewed journal that publishes high quality articles on themes regarding the broad spectrum of social and public policy. This includes, but is not exhausted by: policy design and decision-making, the role of the private sector in delivering social and public policy, globalisation and policy, social divisions and policy, the normative foundations of  policy, comparative analyses of policy, scholarly reviews of particular policy initiatives, policy implementation and policy evaluation. All substantive areas of social and public policy are relevant to the concerns of the journal, including, inter alia: criminal justice, social security, health care, education, economic policy, the environment, the regulation of financial markets, corporate governance, fiscal policy, social work and local regeneration. 
  
Social & Public Policy Review  is a fully peer reviewed, English language, online journal that is published twice a year. It is advised by an international and multi-disciplinary Editorial Board. The journal publishes articles of the highest international standard and, from time to time, commissions leading researchers and scholars to contribute articles and to host themed editions.
 
Each edition publishes three or four articles of between 6,000 and 10,000 words. Please check that your article conforms to the requirements set out in the author guidelines.
 
The journal will sometimes include a rapid response section where contributors can submit short articles which deal with major shifts or developments in public and social policy. This section enables contributors to make commentary on policy as it develops. Submissions for this section should be between 1000 and 2000 words and contain no more than six references and should address contemporary debates in the social and public policy field.
  

  

Articles should be sent to:
 
Dr. Mark Hyde, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management, School of Law and Social Science, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA,
mhyde@plymouth.ac.uk
  
 
Rapid Response Commentaries should be sent to: 
 
Dr. Adrian Barton, Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice, School of Law and Social Science, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA,
a.barton@plymouth.ac.uk