After
several rounds of writing and revising, this has been a good start to the year
in publication terms. I have just had my
third academic article published, which I am especially pleased with. It’s in Third World Quarterly and is on the
Islamist political party, Hamas, and its vision of development. I’m happy with it because it’s the first
Palestine/Middle East related article I’ve published. The others have been Latin America-oriented and
based on my PhD topic. Also, it got
accepted with no demand for changes, which was surprising. Anyway, I certainly hope that people find it
of interest.
As for the
other articles, both are related to my PhD years and deal with education in Brazil and Chile. The one on Chile is a
relief, especially as I was never sure if it would actually be published or
not. I wrote the original draft more
than four years ago and the process dragged on and on.
On top of
these articles, I have just submitted a few others (either first drafts or
revisions), which – fingers crossed – should lead to further publications in
the next year or so. One is on European
aid to the Palestinian Authority and the other on Brazil’s poverty reduction
and alleviation programmes. I just hope
they are both accepted!