Our Rights department handle translation rights and general copyright enquiries.
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Subsidiary Rights – Permissions and TranslationsAll books published by Polity are held under copyright. We endeavour to protect copyright on behalf of our authors and ourselves and we ask you to respect copyright when using our material. Please be aware that there may be fees involved when material held under copyright is reproduced or translated.
Our rights department handles photocopying, permissions, translation rights and general copyright enquiries for books published by Polity.
These enquiries come in all shapes and sizes. To help us process your enquiry efficiently, please select the appropriate link below and read the guidelines provided:
If you would like to photocopy pages from our books, please apply for Photocopying Permission according to the following guidelines.
If you are resident in the USA please contact:
Copyright Clearance CenterA customer service representative will process your request promptly and provide a response including photocopying authorisation and royalty fee information on behalf of Polity.
If you are resident in the UK and you have a photocopying licence with the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) please check the terms of your licence. If your photocopying request falls within the terms of your licence, you may proceed without seeking further permission.
If your request exceeds the terms of your CLA licence, please contact the CLA directly with your request. If you do not have a CLA licence, please follow our Text Permission or Figure Permission guidelines.
If you would like to use a text extract published in a Polity book please check the copyright page and acknowledgements section of the book for details of the copyright holder.
If the extract is less than 400 words in length, or you wish to use a series of extracts from any one book where the total length of the extracts is less than 800 words, you do not need our permission to use this material as it falls within the accepted guidelines on ‘fair dealing’. Please use the material, but ensure that you give due acknowledgement to author, title and publisher.
Only contact us if the text extract is not held under the copyright of a third party and does not fall within the accepted guidelines on ‘fair dealing’.
If you are interested in reprinting or photocopying from a book published by Polity we require the following information via email or post in order to consider your application.
What material do you wish to use?
For reprint requests
For photocopy requests
Please also include full contact details so that we may get back to you.
NB: If our material is to be edited or altered in any way please ensure that you supply a copy of the final material as it will appear in your book with your request.
Please address text permissions requests to:
Eve HawksworthIf you would like to use a figure, table, illustration or photograph which appears in a Polity book please check the copyright page and acknowledgements section of the book and the figure caption for details of the copyright holder.
Only contact us if the figure, table, illustration or photograph is not held under the copyright of a third party.
If you are interested in reprinting or photocopying from a book published by Polity we require the following information via email or post in order to consider your application.
What material do you wish to use?
For reprint requests
For photocopy requests
Please also include full contact details so that we may get back to you.
NB: If our material is to be edited or altered in any way please ensure that you supply a copy of the final material as it will appear in your book with your request.
Please address figure permissions requests to:
Eve HawksworthIf you have a copyright enquiry for a book published by Polity Press which has not been answered by the information supplied on these pages please e-mail your enquiry to Sarah Dobson, Head of Rights, or contact her at the address below.
Sarah DobsonIf you are interested in translating a book published by Polity Press please email Sarah Dobson, Head of Rights, or Rhiannon Furbear-Williams, Rights Manager.
Please supply the following details; into which language you would like to translate the book(s) and which book(s) you would like to translate including the ISBN, author and title.
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