As Editor-in-Chief, I invite you to take part in the largest editorial project on Social Problems- "The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems " being published by Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom.
Living Reference Edition of the Handbook is accessible here:
https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-030-68127-2
Themes covered in the Handbooks can be accessed here:
https://meteor.springer.com/hgsp/?id=1160&tab=About&mode=ReadPage&entity=9053
For each of these themes we have committed authors but you can propose a maximum of 2 chapters to author or coauthor. There are 300+ entries in development, review and in production at the moment. If you wish to keep updated about the call for authors/ further development of the project please follow the project here https://www.researchgate.net/project/The-Palgrave-Handbook-of-Global-Social-Problems-Major-Reference-Work-Palgrave-Macmillan
In this call for contribution, we are particularly seeking authors for:
Addiction: A Growing Social Problem
Aging, Elderly and Social Problems
Caste, Class and Race in the Global Society
Changing Social Order and Social Problems
Social Problems in the Age of COVID: Global and localized perspectives
Social Problems and Public Policy
The Media and Social Problems
Technology and Social Problems
War, Militarisation and National Security
Sexual Assaults, Harassment and Human Rights
The Politics, Law and Social Problems
Social Problems in a comparative perspective
Toxic leadership as a Social Problem
The Internet, Social Network and Telecommunication security
Teaching Social Problems
Research on Social Problems
Third sector Intervention in Social Problems
Social Problems and Young Lives
Caste, Class and Race in the Global Society
Hunger and Food Insecurity
Urbanization, hygiene and sanitation problems
Globalization, Housing and Human settlement
Philanthropy and social problems across the globe
Inequality in different shapes and Scope
Harmful Traditional Practices
Organized Crime in Contemporary World
Technological advancement and Cybercrime
Water Governance
Prejudice and Discrimination
Fixing the Problems – Innovative-tested Methods and Approaches
If you have an idea that doesn’t fit into the above sections but contributes to the overall project, please get in touch with the editor-in-chief. We welcome your ideas.
The size of each chapter that we are expecting will be circa 8000-10000 words (including the
reference list). We are inviting the chapters, that are critical summaries/synopses (Tertiary literature) rather than original research reports.
We are accepting contributions on a rolling basis and writing and reviewing is scheduled to take place until approximately July 2026 and final proofing between then and the end of the year. The sooner you submit your chapter the sooner it will be published online and citable. Contributions to this handbook are peer-reviewed.
Interested authors, please send 250 words abstract and author bio to Dr. Rajendra Baikady rajendra.baikady@mail.huji.ac.il or rajendrab@uj.ac.za
Dr. Rajendra Baikady, Department of Social Work and Community Development, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Email: rajendra.baikady@mail.huji.ac.il or rajendrab@uj.ac.za