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Editorial Contacts

• Aakash Chakrabarty, Commissioning Editor, Routledge India

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  Aakash Chakrabarty commissions research monographs, edited collections, handbooks, and readers in the areas of politics, especially political theory and processes, public policy and administration, migration, social exclusion & discrimination. He also looks at works on environment, religion and linguistics. He is actively looking to commission manuscripts on key issues

• Shoma Choudhury, Commissioning Manager, Routledge India

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  Shoma Choudhury commissions research monographs, edited collections, handbooks, and readers in the areas of international relations / defence & strategic studies, economics / business & management, media & culture studies, and literature. She also looks at gender, environment, and religion. She is actively looking for books on current and topical issues in these areas. 

• Jennifer Knerr, Senior Editor, Political Science

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  Jennifer Knerr focuses on political science textbooks across the discipline’s curriculum from the introductory level to upper division undergraduate and graduate level texts. In addition, she has series in International Relations; Global Studies; American Government; Media and Politics; Race, Ethnicity, and Gender; Qualitative Methods; Law and Politics; and several other topical areas, all of which she is interested in expanding.

• Natalja Mortensen, Senior Acquisitions Editor

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  Natalja Mortensen is committed to publishing high-quality, innovative, and politically relevant research monographs, supplementary texts, and handbooks for the political science academic community. She is actively seeking book proposals in American Politics (and Government), Comparative Politics, Environment, Gender, Identity Politics, Latin American Politics, Media (including Political Communication), Political Psychology, Political Theory and Philosophy, Public Policy and Public Administration, Research Methods, Role Theory, and Urban Politics. Natalja is committed to responding quickly to all inquiries, and to helping guide authors through the editorial stages of their book. If you would like to discuss an idea or wish to hear more about her publishing program, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

• Emily Ross, Senior Editor, Politics and IR

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  Emily Ross is Senior Editor in the Politics department at Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group. She is committed to publishing high-quality, innovative, and politically relevant scholarly works (research monographs, edited collections, handbooks) and textbooks for the global politics and international relations community. Emily commissions projects primarily in the following areas: Religion and Politics; International Political Economy; Politics and Gender; Nationalism and Ethnicity; Federalism; Environmental Politics; Politics and Media (including Political Communication); and Popular Culture and World Politics. She prides herself on responding quickly to all enquiries, and to helping guide authors through the editorial stages of their book. If you would like to discuss an idea or wish to hear more about her publishing programme, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

• Rob Sorsby, Editor

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  Rob Sorsby commissions scholarly works (research monographs, edited collections, handbooks) and textbooks aimed at the political science community. International Political Economy, Federalism, Nationalism, Political Theory, Foreign Policy, Environmental Politics, Political Communication, Religion and Politics and Global Governance are some of his  areas of interest alongside series on Russia, the Post-Soviet Space, Southeastern Europe and US Foreign Policy. If you would like to discuss a book idea or have a question about the commissioning process then please do not hesitate to contact him. 

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• Laura Stearns, Publisher, Political Science

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  Laura Stearns is responsible for the US Politics, Criminal Justice, and Forensic Science publishing programs at Routledge. She acquires new books in the areas of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Urban Politics and welcomes proposals for projects in all of these areas. Laura has worn a variety of hats at Routledge, including overseeing the US monograph editorial program and acquiring books across a wide range of humanities and social sciences subjects. She can be contacted via email or LinkedIn.

• Andrew Taylor, Senior Editor, British & European Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Theory & Public Policy

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  Andrew Taylor publishes scholarly works (research monographs, collections and handbooks) and textbooks primarily in the areas of British and European Politics, Comparative Politics, Introductory Politics, African Politics, Environmental Politics, Political Theory, and Public Policy and Administration.