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Edited by Jean-Paul Gagnon, Emily Beausoleil & Selen Ercan

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Democratic Theory: An Interdisciplinary Journal | Published by Berghahn | Edited by Jean-Paul Gagnon, Emily Beausoleil & Selen Ercan

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. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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. Find out more - cup.org/473mycb #APSA2025

CUP_PoliSci's tweet image. 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.

Find out more - cup.org/473mycb

#APSA2025


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The latest Open Access issue of Democratic Theory has been published! View the Table of Contents and more for Volume 11, Issue 1 here: conta.cc/4bZfa0g @DemTheory @BeausoleilEmily

berghahnbooks's tweet image. The latest Open Access issue of Democratic Theory has been published! View the Table of Contents and more for Volume 11, Issue 1 here: conta.cc/4bZfa0g @DemTheory @BeausoleilEmily

"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. berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/…


"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. berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/…


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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’ 🤔👉 bit.ly/3R3Ahai


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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…

jkeaneSDN's tweet image. 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…

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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 berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/…

Hans_Asenbaum's tweet image. 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 berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/…

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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 ⬇️

Research Assistant - King's College London kcl.ac.uk/jobs/086946-re…



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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! berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/…


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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. 👉berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/… @DelDemUCan @sociologyofdemo 🧵1/10

Hans_Asenbaum's tweet image. 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.

👉berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/…

@DelDemUCan @sociologyofdemo
🧵1/10

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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. @DemTheory @berghahnbooks

JeanPaulRGagnon's tweet image. 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.

@DemTheory @berghahnbooks

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🦋 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 bit.ly/3PCqIxo


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"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

JeanPaulRGagnon's tweet image. "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

🦋#ScienceOfDemocracy 103 #HermanMelville’s 'ruthless democracy', argues @GreimanJennifer, is a creative performance. It reimagined democratic relations & possibilities as matters for aesthetic thought & work – with strong implications for #PoliticalTheory bit.ly/45enPJE



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

jkeaneSDN's tweet image. my thoughts on the blind spots of ‘deliberative democracy’ thinking - in under 800 words!
jkeaneSDN's tweet image. my thoughts on the blind spots of ‘deliberative democracy’ thinking - in under 800 words!

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💡 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 👉 ecpr.eu/Group/sciences…

ECPR's tweet image. 💡 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 👉 ecpr.eu/Group/sciences…

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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….

jkeaneSDN's tweet image. 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….

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🖥️ 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 bit.ly/3qASqSI


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📣 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 ecpr.eu/Groups

ECPR's tweet image. 📣 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 ecpr.eu/Groups

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This is the kind of political theory that speaks to me. Joan Tronto on solidarity and the harms of privileged irresponsibility. #APSA2023 docs.google.com/document/d/129…


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🎇DELIGHTED to release the 100th instalment in our🦋#ScienceOfDemocracy series, led by indefatigable @JeanPaulRGagnon 🎆 The series has published pieces by 106 authors in 27 countries worldwide, as far afield as 🇨🇳🇯🇵🇭🇰🇸🇬🇹🇼🇬🇭🇮🇷🇰🇪 & 🇳🇬 🥂Here's to the next💯 theloop.ecpr.eu/?s=%F0%9F%A6%8B

ECPR_TheLoop's tweet image. 🎇DELIGHTED to release the 100th instalment in our🦋#ScienceOfDemocracy series, led by indefatigable @JeanPaulRGagnon
🎆 The series has published pieces by 106 authors in 27 countries worldwide, as far afield as 🇨🇳🇯🇵🇭🇰🇸🇬🇹🇼🇬🇭🇮🇷🇰🇪 & 🇳🇬
🥂Here's to the next💯
theloop.ecpr.eu/?s=%F0%9F%A6%8B

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