Template/instructions for authors

Please note the following guidelines when working on your article:

• Each chapter requires a summary of no more than 5 sentences.
• Divide chapters into sections and subsections: 1 section, 1.1 subsection, etc.
• Format text using the Word template and Word functions.
• Basic font: Times New Roman without manual hyphenation in the body text
• Format highlighted words and parts of sentences in italics in the running text.
• Use consistent spelling for technical terms and abbreviations.
• Number figures and tables from 1–n: Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Tab. 1, Tab. 2, etc.
• If necessary, obtain permission to reuse figures/graphics and copyrights.
•  Author name(s) and year of publication in parentheses: (Bourdieu 1990)
• If the author's name already appears in the text: ... Bourdieu (1990) ..., otherwise: (Bourdieu 1990, p. 120) (Weber 1956, p. 20ff.; Durkheim 1988a, p. 41ff.)
• For two authors: (Münch and Smelser 1992, p. 11), for more than two authors: (Zapf et al. 1990)

You can download the complete manuscript guielines here (in German).

Here you can download the publisher's Word template as well as instructions.