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. Alternatively, you can use our sample document.