Partecipazione e conflitto: Italian Journal of Social and Political
Research
Call for paper:
Democracy, participation and deliberation
Editors:
Anna Carola Freschi (University of Bergamo) anna.freschi@unibg.it
Luca Raffini (University of Bergamo) luca.raffini@unibg.it
Articles (in .rtf or .pdf) should be sent to:
partecipazioneeconflitto@gmail.com
Deadline: 1/10/2009.
In a political context characterized by political disaffection and
post-democratic governance, civil
society and, more recently, institutional actors have developed a
growing attention to the opening of
new deliberative and participatory spaces. The interest towards the
creation of new opportunities of
participation appears increasingly important as the deliberative
dimension of liberal democracy is
weakened by the transformation of parties’ functions and the
diminished role of the legislative
assemblies.
Contemporary deliberative theory proposes either the revitalization of
deliberation in the fluid, open
and unstructured space of the public sphere, and the creation of new
institutional deliberative arenas
opened to the direct participation of ordinary citizens and/or
stakeholders. On theoretical level
informal and institutionalized deliberative dimensions may be imagined
as complementary, but in
practices tensions and contradictions concerning political inclusion,
efficacy and legitimacy often
emerge.
The interest in deliberative democracy is also fostered by the
opportunities provided by new digital
media (particularly Internet), which enable a revitalization of public
sphere and new channels
between citizens and institutions.
This issue of “Partecipazione e Conflitto” aims to collect empirical
contributions focused on results,
opportunities and difficulties emerging from different deliberative
practices (i.e. managed by
political institutions or enacted by the civil society), as well as
the interactions between different
political actors and dimensions of deliberation, informal and
institutional, micro and macro, online
and offline.
Peer Review Policy: Partecipazione e Conflitto adheres to a standard
double-blind peer review
process. Each article submitted will be evaluated by Editors and
Editorial Board. If congruent with
the object of the call for paper, it will be reviewed by three
anonymous scholars. The result of the
peer review process can be 1) Acceptance; 2) Published with revision;
3) Revision and
resubmission; 4) Rejection.
Article (in .rtf or .pdf) can be submitted in Italian, English, French
and Spanish.
Please include your name, address, e-mail, and a short abstract in
English.
More information available:
http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/sommario.asp?IDRivista=152=
