Democratic Theory: An Interdisciplinary Journal

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We are delighted to celebrate this news and our partnership with Cambridge University Press.

Democratic Theory is fully open access, no APC, and returns to accepting standalone paper submissions after several years of only considering special issues.

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[Cambridge University Press - Politics @CUP_PoliSci]

From 2026 the interdisciplinary journal Democratic Theory will be published by @CambridgeUP.

We are also delighted to announce that all articles accepted for publication in Volume 13 onwards of @DemTheory will be #OpenAccess.

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[Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks]

The latest Open Access issue of Democratic Theory has been published! View the Table of Contents and more for Volume 11, Issue 1 here: https://t.co/nwnB6KVXRR @DemTheory @BeausoleilEmily

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"Debates in democratic theory acknowledge that the identities of democratic subjects are not fixed."

Read more in open access from Ricardo Mendonça and Ângela Marques.

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[Democratic Theory: An Interdisciplinary Journal @DemTheory]

"Our selves are characterized by inner multiplicity", write @Hans_Asenbaum and @MeriTaina.

Read their work to journey from the politics of presence to the politics of becoming.

https://t.co/GpBWjbV83g

[International IDEA @Int_IDEA]

Expert, lay & marginalized peoples have ≠ #PerceptionsofDemocracy says @Int_IDEA survey. Who is ‘right’?

@JeanPaulRGagnon of @UniCanberra 👀 at #policy implications, missing voices in democracy assessments & whether we need to rethink ‘expertise’ 🤔👉 https://t.co/5YF9vNNITv

[John Keane @jkeaneSDN]

earlier today in Sydney: a great pleasure to meet my distinguished colleague Brigitte Geisel and to talk about the gathering gloom in German politics, democratic innovations, and why in German universities speaking against Israeli genocide risks losing your job…

[Hans Asenbaum @Hans_Asenbaum]

Taking our discussions about

✨Democratic Self-transformations✨ forward at #PSA24 with the wonderful @amandamachin @profmoyalloyd and @MeriTaina

📖🔓Check out the open access special issue @DemTheory https://t.co/SH2lsZdTIm

[Marta Wojciechowska @wojciechowa]

We are looking for a research assistant (Pre-doc) to support a Horizon project on inclusive, intersectional participation. This is a fantastic opportunity for a PhD student working on #participatory or #deliberative dem. Deadline 15/04. More details below ⬇️

[Taina Meriluoto is @MeriTaina on BlueSky @MeriTaina]

Our beautiful special issue "Democratic Self-transformations: Identity, Performance, and the Politics of Becoming", edited with the amazing @Hans_Asenbaum is out in Democratic Theory!

Thanks @JeanPaulRGagnon
@BeausoleilEmily
and our stellar contributors!
https://t.co/w1dN1b6QPr

[Hans Asenbaum @Hans_Asenbaum]

Check out the new OA special issue of @DemTheory @berghahnbooks edited by @MeriTaina & me.

✨DEMOCRATIC SELF-TRANSFORMATIONS✨

Here's a thread on the stellar contributions. We'll add one article per day.

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@DelDemUCan @sociologyofdemo
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Something special is coming for someone special this December 1.

The journal, Democratic Theory, has established an international prize in democratic theory to celebrate its 10th year of publication.

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[The Loop. A Political Science Blog from @ECPR @ECPR_TheLoop]

🦋 No.105 Examining the first 99 entries in our #ScienceOfDemocracy series, @VoterEngagement identifies asymmetry between references to people #demos and power #kratos. He calls for increased attention to power, in the sense of its ability to effect change
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[The Butterfly Collector 🦋 @JeanPaulRGagnon]

"Herman Melville figures a ruthless #democracy of whales – a cetocracy. This democracy acts collectively and decisively while under threat, choosing to transform themselves in order to live rather than to kill."
- @GreimanJennifer

@WorldAndScience @thedarkhorsemag @Morigenos_org

[John Keane @jkeaneSDN]

my thoughts on the blind spots of ‘deliberative democracy’ thinking - in under 800 words!

[European Consortium for Political Research @ECPR]

💡 Join our new Research Network on 'The Sciences of the Democracies' founded by @JeanPaulRGagnon 🦋

🤩 Fun Fact: This group is developing the world's first open-access, AI-supported, digital encyclopaedia of the "democracies" 💥

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/z8XHwP1Jrp

[John Keane @jkeaneSDN]

tonight in Sydney @lea_ypi making a case for the ‘necessary but dangerous’ notion of political progress as learning from past mistakes, refining the norms of justice, acting as if the present harbours a better future….

[The Loop. A Political Science Blog from @ECPR @ECPR_TheLoop]

🖥️ The Loop launched on 12 October 2020
🏆 In spring 2021 our team discussed establishing an annual prize for the strongest blog piece published during a calendar year
🧵Here, Managing Ed Kate Hawkins tells the story of the creation of our first-ever award
https://t.co/tY2rgNiXKm

[European Consortium for Political Research @ECPR]

📣 Introducing the Sciences of the Democracies!

👥 Initiated by @JeanPaulRGagnon, founder of @ECPR_TheLoop 🦋#ScienceOfDemocracy series, this 🆕 Research Network aims to explore the meanings of democracy & develop a specialised terminology

👉 Join FREE https://t.co/QBWb1PJVof

[Nicole Curato @NicoleCurato]

This is the kind of political theory that speaks to me.

Joan Tronto on solidarity and the harms of privileged irresponsibility.

#APSA2023

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