About the Journal

FOCUS AND SCOPE

PACO is an Italian-based international journal specialising in social and political studies.

The journal publishes research on the transformations of politics and its key actors, including political parties, interest groups, social movements, associations, trade unions and other collective actors. Particular attention is devoted to the dynamics of participation, both among individuals engaging through conventional channels and among those adopting protest-oriented repertoires of action. The journal also examines the transformation of contemporary political systems, with a specific focus on processes of democratisation and on the spaces opened up by new forms of governance at the local, subnational and supranational levels. These processes are situated within the broader and complex phenomenon of the transnationalisation of social, political and economic relations, while also acknowledging the continuing relevance of the nation-state. The journal promotes innovative and methodologically rigorous research, drawing on the most recent theoretical and empirical contributions in the social and political sciences.

* Publication in PACO is free of charge *

Since 2014, the journal has been published in English and accepts only papers presenting original research or studies that have not been previously published and are not currently under review by other journals.

The Editorial Board may also consider manuscripts written in other languages. However, in the event of a positive outcome of the peer-review process, authors will be required to submit an English version of their article. Manuscripts written in inadequate English may be returned to the authors for revision before being considered for publication.

PACO is also affiliated with the Centre for Conflict and Participation Studies (CCPS) at the University of Salento.

[PARTECIPAZIONE E CONFLITTO è stata registrata come rivista scientifica presso il Tribunale civile e penale di Milano al n. 128 del 28 Febbraio 2007 - PARTECIPAZIONE E CONFLITTO has been registered as scientifc journal in Italy, at the Court of Milan, n. 128, February 28, 2007]. Direttore responsabile: Fabio de Nardis

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

All manuscripts submitted to PACO are subject to a rigorous double blind peer review process.

The selection process consists of two stages.

First, manuscripts submitted to the journal are assessed by at least two members of the Editorial Board, who evaluate their relevance to the journal’s editorial policy. The Editorial Board may deem a manuscript to be outside the journal’s scope, insufficiently rigorous, or below the minimum scientific standards required for publication. In such cases, the manuscript will be rejected without being sent out for peer review. If the manuscript is considered relevant to the journal’s scope, the authors may receive preliminary comments and suggestions for revision before the paper is sent out for review.

In the second stage of the evaluation process, manuscripts are sent to at least two anonymous referees, selected on the basis of their expertise in the specific topic, theoretical approach and methodology of the submission.

Referees’ reports will be sent to the authors, including in cases of negative assessment.

Reviewers’ reports will be completed using a standardised form, in accordance with the standards adopted by leading international journals.

Publication Frequency

The Journal is published in three issues per year (March, July and November).

Open Access Policy

PACO provides open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the researchers, improve the global exchange of knowledge.

List of referees

REFEREES 2022/2024

A. B. M. Najmus Sakib; Aaron Y. Zelin; Abu Faisal Md. Khaled; Adriano Cozzolino; Ahsan Ullah; Akm Ahsan Ullah; Alba Arenales Lope; Alberta Giorgi; Alberto J. Olvera; Alberto Miraglia; Alejandro Ciordia; Alessandra Gribaldo; Alessandra Sannella; Alessandro Blasimme; Alexander Vasudevan; Alexndre Godinho Bertoncello; Ali Mammadov; Alice Dal Gobbo; Alice Poma; Alon Helled; Amany Selim; Amer Saifude Bin Ghazali; Ana Drago; Anastasia Kavada; Anders Sevelsted; Andras Laszlo Pap; Andrea Bellini; andrea cerroni; Andrea Grippo; Andrea Guida; andrea novellis; Andrea Pirni; Andrea Signoretti; Andreas Bieler; Andreas Fagerholm; Andreu Casero Ripollés; andri gans; Angel Barbas Coslado; Angela Wigger; Angelika Pobedonostseva-Kaya; Angelina Grelle; Anirban Dasgupta; Anna Lavizzari; Annalisa Murgia; Antoine Jardin; Arianna Tassinari; Arpita Chakraborty; Ashraful Azad; assga sagsag; Astrid Gutiérrez; Atinaffie Hailu Dinkineh; Aurora Perego; Barbara Giullari; Barbara Osimani; Barbara Pentimalli; Ben Turner; Brad West; Brian Martin; Cailin O'Connor; Camillo Boano; Carla Galán Guevara; Carlo Berti; Carlo Genova; Carlo Ruzza; Carlos Alberto Cioce Sanpaio; Carwil Bjork-James; Caterina Peroni; Cecilia Manzo; Cecilia Santilli Santilli; Cecilia Vergnano; Céline Cantat; Cezary Błaszczyk; Charles Heller; Chiara Marchetti; Claire Bidart; Claire Spangler; Claude Proeschel; Clifford Welch; Cristina Santinho; Dagmar Diesner; Dallas Rogers; Daniel Delatin Rodrigues; Daniela Caterina; Daniela Medeiros Soares Daniela Almeida de Medeiros de Sousa Soares; Daniela Romee Piccio; Daniela Trucco; David Bailey; David Briggs; David G. Miranda; David Lessard; Davide Bubbico; Davide Caselli; Davide Filippi; Davide Riccardi; Davide Vittori; Deepak K. Mishra; Desirè Gaudioso; Didier Fassin; Domenico Andrea Schiuma; Domenico Perrotta; Donatella Selva; Dra Fernanda R Page Poma; Eduardo Romanos; Eileen Pittaway; Elias Steinhilper; Eliji Yamamura; Elisa Lello; Elzbieta Drazkiewicz; Emanuela Ceva; Emanuele Polizzi; Emma Mateo; Emma Power; Enrico Campo; Enrico Padoan; Eric Agrikoliansky; Erica Michelle Lagalisse; Ernesto Ganuza; Ettore Recchi; Evelien Brouwer; Fabiana Battisti; Fareha Jasmin; Federico Alagna; Federico Chicchi; Federico Pilati; Felipe G Santos; Fernanda Odilla; Fernanda Wagstaff; Filippo Barbera; Francesca Fortarezza; Francesca Francesca Campomori; francesca rispoli; Francesca Scrinzi; Francesco Della Puppa; Francesco Pira; Francesco Pirone; Francesco Ventura; Gabriel Chouhy; gabriele giacomini; Gabriella Paolucci; gabriella punziano; Gemma Edwards; Gemma Newlands; German Bidegain; Gholam Khiabany; Giacomo Solano; Giada Bonu Rosenkranz; giampietro Gobo; Gianluca De Fazio; Giorgia Nesti; Giorgos Katsambekis; Giovanni Barbieri; Giovanni Ragone; Giovanni Scotto; Giulia Evolvi; Giulia Galera; giulia giraudo; Giulia Selmi; Giulio Levorato; Giuseppe Feola; Giuseppina Raimo; Graeme Hayes; Gregoris Ioannou; Gregory Salle; Guendalina Graffigna; Guido Giarelli; Gunther Jikeli; Hassan Faruk Al Imran; Heidi Reynolds-Stenson; Helal Mohd. Mohiuddin; Helena Cruz; Henrik Serup Christensen; Hideki Tarumoto; Hiu-Fung Chung; Ilaria Eloisa Lesmo; Ilaria Pitti; Ildikó Zakariás; Irene Landini; Irene Ponzo; Isabella Ng; Isacco Turina; Isidoropaolo Casteltrione; Jacobo Grajales; Jacopo Custodi; James Dennison; James Muldoon; Jan Drahokoupil; Jaron Harambam; Javier Francisco Rueda-Galvis; Jean-Baptiste Allegrini; Jeff Crisp; Jelena Vasiljević; Jens Marquardt; Jeremy Ward; Jesse Olsen; Jiri Navratil; Joana Pestana Lages; João Miguel de Carvalho; Jobair Alam; Johan Gordillo-Garcia; Joost de Moor; Jordi Gonzalez Guzman; Jose Candón-Mena; Joselle Dagnes; kardo rached; Karoliina Talvitie-Lamberg; Katia Pilati; Kawser Ahmed; Khalil Elías Esteban; Kiranjit Kiranjit Kaur; Kristóf Nagy; Kyoko Kusakabe; Lana Tatour; LARA DENISE GOES DA COSTA; Lasse Thomassen; Laura Cataldi; Laura van Waas; Lazaros Karavasilis; Leo Azzollini; Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo; Leonidas Oikonomakis; Linda Lombi; Lisa Dorigatti; Lorenzo Cini; Louise Knops; Luca Benvenga; luca carrieri; Luca Serafini; Luci Cavallero; Lucia Pradella; luigi pellizzoni; Lukas Kotyk; Luke Yates; Luwei Rose Luqiu; Lydie Cabane; Mahmoud Ali Rababah; Mahyudin Ritonga; Mangala Subramaniam; Måns Robert Lundstedt; Mantoa Mokhachane; Manuel Anselmi; Manuela Fernández Pinto; Mara Ferreri; Marc Pradel; Marcin Ślarzyński; Marco Allegra; Marco Bruno; Marco Damiani; Marco Maraffi; Maria Angela Polesana; Maria Rocco; Maria Rovisco; Maria Wagstaff; Marlee Mcguire; Marta Pérez-Gabaldón MPG; Martina Tazzioli; massimo pendenza; Masud Ibn Rahman; Mathijs Pelkmans; Matteo Polettini; Matteo Rinaldini; Matteo Zanellato; Matthias Scantamburlo; Mattia Zulianello; Mattias Whalstrom; Md Jobair Alam; Melissa Garcia-Lamarca; Melissa Moralli; Mg Bernardo Augusto Ruiz Hernandez; Michael Briguglio; Michael Driessen; Michael Eve; Michael McCann; Michael Scanlan; Michela Semprebon; Michelangelo SAVINO; Michele Sorice; Mihir Shekhar Bhonsale; Milana Nikolk; Minke Hajer; Minos-Athanasios Karyotakis; Mister Bruno Rodrigo D'Ambros; Mohammad Redzuan bin Othman; Mónica Navarro; Montserrat Emperador Badimon; Mukta Naik; Murat Arsel; Myriam Catusse; Myrto Tsakatika; Nahid Siamdoust; Natalia Grigorieva; Nathaniel J. Gonzalez; Ndirangu Ngunjiri; Nerea Montejo López; Niccolo Morelli; Nicola Righetti; Nicolas Manuel Somma Gonzalez; Nicolas Rasiulis; Nicolas Somma; Nicole Garske Weber; Nikos Serntedakis; Ofra Klein; Olimpia Burchiellaro; Omar Jabary; Ondrej Filipec; Óscar García Agustín; Ottorino Cappelli; Owen Worth; Ozan Nadir Alakavuklar; Pablo Santibanez; Paolo Borghi; Paolo Chiocchetti; Paolo Perri; Patrick Peretti-watel; Paulus Albertus Blokker; Pedro Góis; Peter Gardner; Philippe Marlière; Pier Paolo Inserra; Pierluigi Musarò; Pierpaolo Mudu; Pierre Monforte; Pietro Cingolani; Piotr Goldstein; Piotr Kocyba; Raffaele Marchetti; Raian Hossain; Rajnish Wadehra; Randal Scamardo; Raymond Hinnebusch; Ria Angin; Riccardo Emilio Chesta; RICCARDO GUIDI; RITA DE CASSIA LUCENA VELLOSO; Rita di Leo; Rita Marchetti; Robert White; Roberto Falanga; Rocio Annunziata; Rory McCarthy; Rosa Gatti; Rosanna Castorina; Roxane de Massol de Rebetz; Ruba Salih; Rudi Papa; Sabrina Zajak; Sam Handlin; Samson Opondo; Sandro Busso; Sara Borrillo; Sara Concetta Santoriello; Sara Marino; Sebastián Mauro; Sebastiano Citroni; Séverine Deneulin; Seyed Morteza Noei Baghban; Shahram Khosravi; Shamima Akhter; Silvia Cervia; Silvia Jorge; Sílvia Vieira Viegas; Simin Fadaee; Simon Escoffier Martinez; simona manuela gozzo; Simone Sarti; Simone Tulumello; Sofia Wickberg; Sonia Reverter; Sra Francine Helfreich Santos; Sri langgeng Ratnasari; stefania parisi; stefania vergati; Stephen Chioke; student Giovanni Matera; Suay Melisa Oezkula; Sutapa Chattopadhyay; Sveva Magaraggia; Syed Maqbool Hussain Shah; Syeda Naushin Parnini; Sylvain Crépon; Sylvaine Bulle; T. Y. Branch; Tamara Taher; Tamura Taro; Tanja Sekulic; Thomas Aguilera; Tiago Carvalho; Tina Magazzini; Tiziano Bonini; Tommaso Bassi; Tommaso Gravante; Ulrich Sasse-Zeltner; Valentina Bartolucci; Valeria Piro; Valerio Alfonso Bruno; vanessa mascia turri; Vera Borges; Verena Brändle; Verónica Gago; Verónica Soto Pimentel; Vesna Trifunović; Victor Manuel Gutierrez; Vincent Tiberj; Vincenzo Maccarrone; Vittorio Sergi; Xabier Itçaina; Yasuko Takezawa; Yudi Anto; zeyad samir aldabbagh; Zeynep Mentesoglu Tardivo; Tímea Drinóczki, Toma Burean, Áron Buzogány, Gábor Polyák, Gergely Olt, Attila Bátorfy, Erzsébet Barát, Claudia Snochowska Gonzales, Mary Taylor, Agnieszka Halemba, Sabine Volk, Leslie Gauditz, Grzegorz Piotrowski, Piotr Plucienniczak, Melis G. Laebens, Krzysztof Jasiecki, Agnieszka Kwiatkowska, Felix Butzlaff

REFEREES 2021

Aaron Y. Zelin; Alberta Giorgi; Alessandra Lo Piccolo; Alexa Lenz; Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann; Andrews Kenneth; Astrid Gutiérrez; Athina Arampatzi; Beatrice Carella; Ben Clift; Brayden King; Cathy Lisa Schneider; Cesar Guzman-Concha; Chiara Bertone; Clifford Welch; Daniela Chironi; David Bailey; David Meyer; David Snow; Davide Vittori; Deepak K. Mishra; Detlef Nolte; Dorte Sophie Fischer; Eduardo Romanos; Elena Pavan; Emma Mateo; Enrico Padoan; Lisa Zanotti; Erik Neveu; Ester Sigillo; Francis O’Connor; Gerry Strange; Gianluca Passarelli; Giorgio Venizelos; Hans Prujit; Henning Schmidtke; Hiu-Fung Chung; Jacopo Custodi; James Fitzgerald; Javier Martínez-Cantó; João Miguel de Carvalho ; Joost de Moore; Karim Zakhour; Katerina Vrablikova; Katrin Uba; Larissa Meier; Lasse Thomassen; Leonidas Oikonomakis; Lesley Wood; Leticia Cesarino; Lorenzo Zamponi; Lucile Quéré; Luwei Rose Luqiu; Mangala Subramaniam; Måns Lundestdt; Marco Giugni; Markus Holdo; Milana Nikolk; Myrto Tsakatika; Nicolas Somma; Paolo Chiocchetti; Petr Špelda; Philippe Marlière; Raluca Buturoiu; Raymond Hinnebusch; Rossella Ciccia; Rune Ellefsen; Ruud Wouters; Sam Handlin; Samson Opondo; Sebastián Mauro; Simone Tulumello; Sofia Tipaldou; Sofia Ventura; Stella Christou; Sylvain Crépon; Theocharis Malamidis; Tiago Carvalho; Tiago Carvalho; Tommaso Gravante; Cecile Mouly; Paolo Vignolo; Bharath Ganesh; Luigi Ceccarini; Ester Gallo; Bahar Baser; Alessandro Vecchiato; Andrea Fumarola; Andrea Plebani; Ángela Suárez Collado; Annabelle Houdret; Caterina Froio; Chérine Chams El Dine; Chiara Maritato; Cristina Grasseni; Dana Al Kurd; Dina Kiwan; Eva Wegner; Fedra Negri; Felipe Gonzalez Santos; Francesco Cavatorta; Raymond Hinnebusch; Vincent Durac; Fuad Musallam; Giulia Daniele; Giuseppe Ieraci; Harith Hasan; Hendrik Kraetzschmar; Irene Fernandez-Molina; Janne Bjenne Christensen; Justin Glengler; Lucia D’Ambrosi; Marco Giani; Marco Lisi; Mauro Barisione; Matteo Bassoli; Raffaele Bazurli; Jerome Blanc; Pietro Castelli Gattinara; Manuel Finelli; Leila Hadj-Abdou; Niccolo’ Morelli; Irene Pochetti; Emanuele Polizzi; Jonathan Pratschke; Josep Ubalde Buenafuente; Mohammed Masbah; Morten Valbjørn; Nermin Allam; Neve Gordon; Nimer Sultany; Orkideh Behrouzan; Raymond Bush; Rossana Sampugnaro; Rossella Rega; Samir Amghar; Saverio Leopardi; Sharri Plonski; Sonja Zmerli; Stefania Parisi; Stefano Rombi; Thomas Fibiger; Thomas Serres; Valeria Tarditi; Zahra Ali; Jasmine Lorenzini

REFEREES 2020

Adriano Cirulli; Beatrice Carella; Lorenzo Bosi; Luca Raffini; Guya Accornero; Luca Alteri; Fabio de Nardis; Adam Arvidsson; Silvia Semenzin; Laura Iannelli; Sergio Splendore; Jonathan Pratschke; Mauro Barisione; Chiara Maritato; Samuele Davide Molli; Sonja Zmerli; Eva Wegner; Mohamed Masbah; Francesco Cavatorta; Giuseppe Ieraci; Rosita Di Peri; Philipp Degens; Giancarlo Beltrame; Juri Biondi; Pablo Gustavo Rodriguez; Simone Tosi; Hervé Baron; Federico Chicchi; Felix Fritsch; Francesca Coin; Andrea Fumagalli; Ivana Pais; Luca Fantacci; Klodian Muco; Emanuele Leonardi; Antonio Mendoza; Sergio Rossi; Sonja Zmerli, Eva Wegner; Mohamed Masbah; Maria Bakardjieva, Ilona Biernacka, Begoña Pérez Calle, Yi-Ru Regina Chen, Francesca Comunello, Laura Iannelli, Luca Raffini, Francesca Rizzuto, Marco Scarcelli, Sergei Samoilenko, Nancy Snow, Chiara Valentini, Dejan Verčič, Lisa Tam, Lorenza Parisi, Valentina Polci, Kendra Stewart, Emiliano Ilardi, Marika Spalletta, Aitzpea Leizaola; Lorenzo Zamponi; Fra; Alberto Martin Alvarez; Dorte Fischer; Kivanc Attack; Ali Honari; Viviana Asara; Iolanda Bianchi; Sam Burgum; Claudio Cattaneo; Sutapa Chattopadhyay; Deanna Dadusc; Myrto Dagkouli-Kyriakoglou; Ibán Díaz-Parra; Danijela Dolenec; Salvatore Engel-Dimauro; Mara Ferreri; Lucy Finchett-Maddock; Federica Frazzetta; Udo Grashoff; Ståle Holgersen;  Amanda Huron; Marc Martí; Pierpaolo Mudu; Arnošt Novák; Luca Pattaroni; Gianni Piazza; Grzegorz Piotrowski; Johan Pries; Valeria Raimondi; Raquel Rolnik; Håkan Thörn; Chiara Valli; Rita Velloso; Ana Vilenica; Marco Damiani; Luca Verzichelli; Alberto Vannucci.

REFEREES 2019

Adriano Cirulli; Alessandro Martelli; Andrea Salvini; Carlotta Caciagli; Carlotta Mozzana; Chiara Bertone; Chiara Milan; Dario Tuorto; Davide Caselli; Elisabete Figueiredo; Emanuele Polizzi; Enrico Gargiulo; Katerina Loukidou; Lorenzo Bosi; Luca Raffini; Margherita Grazioli; Maurizio Artero; Matteo Bassoli; Raffaele Bazurli; Claire Colomb; Raffaella Fittibaldi; Asimina Michailidou; Marco Accorinti; Guya Accornero; Luca Alteri; Eduardo Barberis; Michele Lancione; Nicola De Luigi; Onofrio Romano; Pierluigi Musarò; Sandro Busso; Stefania Kalogeraki; Vando Borghi; Viktor Dahl; Pejman Abdolmohammadi; Anna Lavizzari; Stefania Voli; Jan Rovny; Anselmi Guido; Carrieri Domenica; Caruso Loris; Cattero Bruno; Chiappini Letizia; Coin Francesca; Delfanti Alessandro; Dorigatti Lisa; Gandini Alessandro; Guarascio Dario; Howcroft Debra; Leonardi Salvo; Mori Anna; Neundlinger Klaus; Pais Ivana; Salento Angelo; Sartori Laura; Tassinari Arianna; Tirabeni Lia; Silvia Semenzin; Rossella Borri; Manuela Caiani; Tiago Carvalho; Pietro Castelli; Benoit Challand; Nicole Doerr; Maria Engstroem; Magne Flemmen; Bharath Ganesh; Paolo Gerbaudo; Kai Ginkel; Marcello Gisondi; Paolo Graziano; Simona Guerra; Robert Jansen; Alena Kluknavska; Mark LeVine; Alice Mattoni; Jennifer McCoy; Asimina Michailidou; Lucy Nicholas; Anita Nissen; Elena Pavan; Martín Portos; Simon Teune; Giorgos Venizelos; Manès Weisskircher; Lorenzo Zamponi.

REFEREES 2018

Adriano Cirulli; Alberta Giorgi; Alice Mattoni; Andrea Felicetti; Daniela Piccio; Enrico Padoan; Fabio de Nardis; Francesca Feo; Francesca Forno; Gabriel Bădescu; George Venizelos; Gianni Piazza; Iobhan O’Sullivan; Lorenzo Mosca; Louisa Parks; Luca Alteri; Luca Raffini; Malose Langa; Manuela Caiani; Mario Quaranta; Martin Portos; Massimiliano Andretta; Pierre Monforte; Raffaele Barzuli; Rune Ellefsen; Simone Tosi; Siobhan O’Sullivan; Srune Ellefsen; Tania Sekulic; Timothy Peace; Teresa Piacentini; Thierry Mamashela; Tommaso Vitale; Valeria Tarditi; Weisskircher, Manès.

REFEREES 2017

Adriano Cirulli; Alberta Giorgi; Alice Mattoni; Antonio Ciniero; Arturo Moscoso Moreno; Edison Hurtado; Eduardo Romanos; Eliška Drápalová; Fabio de Nardis; Felipe Burbano; Fikret Adaman; Filip Kostelka; Florence Faucher; Francesca Forno; Francesca Scrinzi;  Geoffrey Pleyers; Gianni Piazza; Giovanni Ragone; Guya Accornero; Helena Cruz; Herman Lelieveldt; Ionel Sava; Javier Alcalde; Josep Lobera; Julia Rone; Kivanc Atak; Leonidas Oikonomakis; Lorenzo Bosi; Lorenzo Cini; Lorenzo Mosca; Lorenzo Viviani; Lorenzo Zamponi; Loris Caruso; Louisa Parks; Luca Alteri; Luca Raffini; Luigi Pellizzoni; Manuela Caiani; Marco Damiani; Maria Bakardjieva; Mario Quaranta; Martijn van den Hurk; Martin Portos; Massimiliano Andretta; Ondřej Císař; Paolo Graziani; Paul Routledge; Peter Burnham; Philippe Joly; Raffaele Barzuli; Renato Stella; Riccardo Emilio Chesta; Simone Tosi; Szabina Kerenyi; Timothy Peace; Tom Willems; Tommaso Vitale; Victor Sampedro; Wouter Van Dooren.

REFEREES 2016

Marco Accorinti, Guya Accornero, Kirsty Alezander, Massimo Allulli, Liviu Andreescu, Kivanc Atak, Rita Bichi, Lavinia Bifulco, Pierluca Birindelli, Marco Boccaccio, Vando Borghi, Manuela Caiani, Chiara Carrozza, Sabrina Cavatorto, Carlo Cellamare, Guglielmo Chiodi, Pasquale Colloca, Valentina Cuzzocrea, Marco Damiani, Ernesto d’Albergo, Fabio de Nardis Lucia D'Ambrosi, Mario Diani, Antimo Farro, Martina Ferrucci, Francesca Forno, Enrico Gargiulo, Orazio Giancola, Enrico Gualini, Lisa Lanzone, Elisa Lello, Riccardo Guidi, Herman Lelieveldt, Silvia Lucciarini, Lara Maestripieri, Maria Cristina Marchetti, Riccardo Marchi, Alice Mattoni, Miguel Martinez, Giulio Moini, Giovanni Moro, Pierpaolo Mudu, Mariella Nocenzi; Federico Olivieri, Enrico Padoan, Louisa Parks, Elena Pavan, Luigi Pellizzoni, Caterina Peroni, Gianni Piazza, Carmine Piscopo, Stefano Poli, Emanuele Polizzi, Luca Raffini, Paola Rebuchini, Paola Rivetti, Lucia Rubinelli, Rossana Sampugnaro, Francesca Scrinzi, Chiara Sebastiani, Roberto Serpieri, Sergio Splendore, Simone Tosi, Alberto Vanolo, Tommaso Vitale, Assunta Viteritti, Luca Salmieri, Rossella Selmini, Emiliano Trerè, Lorenzo Zamponi.

REFEREES 2015

Adriano Cirulli; Aggelos Varvarousis; Aurelie Campana; Christine Fauvelle-Aymar; Cristiano Bee; Csaba Nikolenyi; Daniela Melo; Eduardo Romanos; Fernando Casal Bértoa; Frederick Solt; Gerard Strange; Gianni Piazza; Giovanni Orlando; Gualter Baptista; Iosif Botetzagias; Jennifer Earl; Jonah Wedekind; Joshua Dubrow; Kerman Calvo; Kristoffer Holt; Kyle Dodson; Kristofer Dittmer; Leandro Sgueglia; Lorenzo Bosi; Lorenzo Mosca; Lorenzo Viviani; Louisa Parks; Luca Alteri; Luca Raffini; Luigi Curini; Manlio Cinalli; Manuela Caiani; Marco Arimero; Maria Kousis; Maria Cristina Marchetti; Mariano Torcal; Mary Stegmaier; Massimiliano Andretta; Massimo Pendenza; Matteo Bassoli; Mauro Di Meglio; Michaele Cox; Monica Sassatelli; Nathan Manning; Paolo R. Graziano; Piepaolo Mudu; Miguel A. Martìnez;Niall O'Dochartaigh; Rita Calvario; Seraphim Seferiades; Silvana Signori; Simone Frank O' Connor; Simone Tosi; Toni Rodon; Stefania Barca; Timothy Peace; Tommaso Vitale; Vincenzo Cicchelli; Vittorio Cotesta; Valeria Bello; Venera Marina Tomaselli; Viviana Asara; Wilko von Hardenberg.

REFEREES 2014

Matteo Albanese; Marco Almagisti; Massimiliano Andretta; Joachim Astrom; Martine Baloge; Mattelo Bassoli; Silvia Bolgherini; Paola Bordandini; Fabio Bordignon; Josif Botetzagias; Isabelle Bruno; Giorgia Bulli; Donatella Campus; Sébastien Chauvin; Flavio Chiapponi; Manlio Cinalli; Walter Coralluzzo; Adriano Cirulli; Nicolò Conti; Emanuela Dalmasso; Fabio de Nardis; Rossana De Rosa; Emmanuel Didier; Aldo Di Virgilio; Michael Driessen; Luigi Ceccarini; Chiara Facello; Francesca Forno; Anna Carola Freschi; Tulia Galanti; Matteo Gerli; Mirella Giannini; Alberta Giorgi; Giorgio Giraudi; Joseph Gravina; Selene Grimaldi; Jane Guyer; Béatrice Hibou; Matthieu Gregoire; Riccardo Guidi; Jochen Kleres; Xabier Itçaina; Karel Yon; Sveva Magaraggia; Alice Mattoni; Marco Mazzoni; Vincenzo Memoli; Lorenzo Mosca; Luca Ozzano; Roussel Pascale; Gianluca Passarelli; Luigi Pellizzoni; Jenny Pickerill; Emanuele Polizzi; Sophie Pochic; Stefano Profeti; Jean-Pierre Reed; Gwénola Ricordeau; Roberta Ricucci; Paola Rivetti; Jay Rowell; Michela Semprebon; Jackie Smith; Sorina Soare; Marco Tarchi; Teresa Toldy; Simone Tosi; Luca Verzichelli; Paola Villa; Tommaso Vitale.

REFEREES 2010-2013

Thomas Aguilera; Giovanni Allegretti; Luca Alteri; Maurizio Ambrosini; Antonino Anastasi; Massimiliano Andretta; Francesco Antonelli; Daniele Archibugi; Francesca Artioli; Alfredo Augustoni; Carlo Baccetti; Paolo Boccagni; Brunetta Baldi; Joe Bandy; Filippo Barbera; Valeria Bello; Sara Bentivegna; Gianfranco Bettin Lattes; Lavinia Bifulco; Renato Biorcio; Loic Blondiau; Silvia Bolgherini; Federico Boni; Fabio Burdignon; Vando Borghi; Lorenzo Bosi; Bill Bowring; Giorgia Bulli; Tiziana Caponio; Gennaro Carotenuto; Mimmo Carrieri; Loris Caruso; Luigi Ceccarin; Erika Cellini; Anna Cento Bull; Tommaso Chiamparino; Leonardo Chiesi; Manlio Cinalli; Adriano Cirulli; Giulio Citroni; N. Clarke; Chris Cordell; Tariq Dana; Ernesto d’Albergo; Ota de Leonardis; Beppe De Sario; Gianluca De Fazio; Donatella della Porta; Charles Demtrious; Fabio de Nardis; Lorenzo De Sio; Mario Diani; Danilo Di Mauro; Yulia Eckert; Enrico Ercole; Javier Esparcia; Maria Fabbri; Antimo Farro; Florence Fauchner King; Angela Fedi; Joan Font; Francesca Forno; Anna Carola Freschi; Andrea Fumagalli; Carlo Fusaro; Diego Gambetta; Ernest Garcia; Marisol Garcia; Fancesca Gelli; Diego Giacchetti; Marco Giugni; Cristina Grasseni; Pietro Grilli di Cortona; Giorgio Grossi; Virginie Guiraudon; Cesar Guzman; Charlotte Halpern; Camille Hamidi; Xabier Itkaina; F. Jobard; A. Kavada; M. Keck; Giovan Francesco Lanzara; Patrick Le Galès; Leizaola Aitzpea; Luisa Leonini; Andrea Lippi; Stefano Lucarelli; Wainer Lusoli; Natalia Magnani; Andrea Mammone; Marcello Maneri; S. Mangiameli; Mara Maretti; Roberta Marzorati; Alice Mattoni; David McCrone; Peter McLoughlin; Maurizio Merico; Patrizis Milesi; Ann Mische; Giulio Moini; Nicola Montagna; Lorenzo Mosca; Fortunato Musella; Antonio Mutti; José Nuñez Marco Oberti; Thomas Olesen; Giorgio Osti; Andrea Pacella; Claudia Padovani; Francesc Pallares; Marion Paoletti; Sonia Paone; Guido Panvini; Francesca Pasquali; Luca Pattaroni; Luigi Pellizzoni; Daniela Piana; Mario Pianta; Gianni Piazza; Chris Pickvance; Alessandro Pizzorno; Heiko Pleines; Noemi Podestà; Emanuele Polizzi; Francesca Polletta; Nicola Porro; Stefania Profeti; Fabio Quassoli; Luca Raffini; Francesco Raniolo; Paola Rebughini; Daniel Ritter; Charles Rootes.; Vincenzo. Ruggiero; Carlo Ruzza; Marco Santoro; Clare Saunders; Rocco Sciarrone; Chiara Sebastiani; Stijn Smismans; Isabelle Sommier; Lauro Struffi; Enrico Tacchi; Simone Tosi; Domenico Tosini; Gloria Totoritaguena; Luca Trappolin; Jaqueline Urda; Fulvio Venturino; Serena Vicari; Anna Maria Vitale; Tommaso Vitale; Lorenzo Viviani; Anna Maria Zaccaria; David Waddington.

GUIDELINES FOR REFEREES

Thank you for agreeing to act as a referee for a submission to Partecipazione e Conflitto. Please take the following points into account when preparing your report.

Here you can also DOWNLOAD THE REVIEWERS GUIDELINES.

Your verdict:

Please be clear in your recommendations. You have five options:

PUBLISHED IN ITS PRESENT FORM

Use this option when an article is ready for publication in its present form.

PUBLISHED WITH MINOR REVISIONS

You may recommend that the article be accepted while also suggesting minor revisions. The General Editors will ensure, as far as possible, that your suggestions are taken into account.

PUBLISHED WITH SUBSTANTIAL REVISION

Use this option when an article is of good quality but requires substantial revision. Please clearly indicate the changes that you consider necessary. These should not involve major restructuring, extensive new research, or a fundamental change in the argument.

REVISED AND RESUBMITTED

You may consider the article unsuitable for publication in its present form, while nevertheless recognising its originality in terms of its central argument and/or findings. In this case, you may encourage the author(s) to undertake substantial revision or further research and then resubmit the manuscript. Please state clearly the reasons for your recommendation, providing details of the major changes required.

With your agreement, the revised manuscript may be referred back to you once the author has made the necessary amendments.

REJECT

When recommending rejection, please provide clear reasons for your recommendation. Where possible, you are also encouraged to indicate how the article might be improved, as a courtesy to the author. You may also note that the article has some potential and could be worth resubmitting in a substantially revised form or to another journal. If so, please indicate the journal you consider most appropriate.

Anonymity:

Please ensure that you do not identify yourself in your report, as it will be forwarded to the author as part of the standard review process.

Tone:

Please ensure that your comments are polite, constructive and as helpful as possible, even where your assessment of the article is very negative. Please bear in mind that the journal also receives submissions from postgraduate students.

Length of article:

Please pay particular attention to the length of the article. Is it proportionate to the material presented? Could any cuts be made? If so, where? Please note that, according to our editorial standards, articles should not exceed 10,000 words, including footnotes, references, figures and tables.

Length of report:

As a general rule, the more detailed your report is, the more useful it will be to both the editors and the author.

REFEREE REPORT:

Please note that, as part of the journal’s standard practice, referees’ reports are forwarded to the author. To preserve the double-blind nature of the peer-review process, please ensure that your report contains no information that could identify you.

1.      Please indicate which of the following categories the paper fits into:

•        It makes an original theoretical contribution;

•        It applies an established theoretical hypothesis to new cases;

•        It offers new empirical research of importance to the topic studied;

•        It provides a critical re-examination of the literature on the topic;

•        None of the above.

2.   Please include an explicit recommendation as to whether the paper should be:

•        published in its present form;

•        published with minor revisions;

•        published with substantial revisions (revised and resubmitted);

•        rejected.

3.   In assessing the article’s suitability for publication in “Partecipazione e Conflitto” please could you bear in mind the following questions:

   To what extent does the paper indicate familiarity with the existing literature on the subject?

   Does the article display a critical awareness of the relevant literature?

   To what extent is the paper based on original research?

   How valid are the author’s methodology and sources?

   How well presented are the arguments and empirical evidence?

Please, write below your analytical report (at least 450 words):

 

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The publication of an article in the peer-reviewed journal Partecipazione e Conflitto (Participation and Conflict) constitutes an essential contribution to the development of a coherent and respected body of knowledge. It reflects the quality of the work carried out by authors and by the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the principles of scientific inquiry. It is therefore important to define standards of expected ethical behaviour for all parties involved in the publication process: authors, editors, peer reviewers and the publisher.

ESE Salento University Publishing, as the publisher of the open-access journal Partecipazione e Conflitto, takes its responsibilities at all stages of the publication process extremely seriously and recognises its ethical and professional obligations. In addition, ESE Salento University Publishing subscribes to iThenticate by iParadigms and promotes its use in order to prevent plagiarism.

Authors’ responsibilities

Authors are required to participate in the peer-review process. All listed authors must have made a significant contribution to the research and must ensure that the data reported in the article are real and authentic. Authors are also responsible for providing corrections or retractions when necessary.

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, they are obliged to notify the journal editor or publisher promptly and to cooperate with the editor in order to correct or retract the article. If the editor or publisher is informed by a third party that a published work contains a significant error, the author is obliged either to correct or retract the article promptly, or to provide evidence supporting the accuracy of the original publication.

Peer review and reviewers’ responsibilities

Reviewers’ judgements must be objective. Reviewers should have no conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders. They should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Manuscripts under review must be treated as confidential documents.

Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly and support their comments with appropriate arguments.

Editorial responsibilities

Editors have full responsibility and authority for accepting or rejecting articles. They should have no conflict of interest with respect to the articles they accept or reject. Editors should accept a manuscript only when they are reasonably certain of its scientific quality and suitability for publication. Where errors are identified, editors should promote the publication of corrections or retractions. They are also responsible for preserving the anonymity of reviewers and for ensuring the integrity of the peer-review process.

Promote your article in PaCo!

Dear Author,

After the publication of your article in PaCo, you may wish to help disseminate it among relevant academic and professional audiences.

Below are some simple and effective ways to promote your article and increase its visibility.

Sharing your article
As PaCo is an open-access journal, your article can be read freely by colleagues, students and other interested readers. You can share the direct link to the online version of your article through email, institutional websites, academic profiles and social media platforms. No registration or subscription is required to access published articles.

Free registration
You may wish to inform your contacts that they can register free of charge with PaCo in order to receive notifications about newly published content, calls for papers and journal updates.

Reading lists
You can add your article, or the journal more generally, to your students’ reading lists as essential or recommended reading.

Departmental website and personal webpage
You can use your staff profile on your department’s website, or your personal webpage, to include information about your article and provide a direct link to the online version.

Social media
Authors increasingly promote their publications through social media platforms in order to reach other researchers, students, practitioners and wider publics. You may wish to post a short announcement about the publication of your article, including a direct link to the online version.

LinkedIn and academic profiles
You can include your article in your LinkedIn profile and in other academic or professional profiles, highlighting its contribution to your field of research.

Academic social networking sites
Academics, researchers and practitioners increasingly use academic networking platforms to share publications and engage with colleagues who have similar research interests. You may wish to add your article to platforms such as ResearchGate, Academia.edu or other relevant disciplinary networks.

Discussion lists and mailing lists
You can post a short message to relevant discussion lists or mailing lists, informing colleagues that the latest issue of the journal, including your article, is now available. You may also wish to register for the journal’s table of contents alerts, so that you can easily forward updates when new issues are published.

Blogs and personal communication channels
If you write a blog or contribute to other online forums, you may wish to inform your readers about your article and provide a link to the published version.

Library recommendation
You may wish to check whether your institution or university library lists PaCo among its electronic resources. If it does not, you can recommend that the journal be included.

Encourage access to the PaCo website
Finally, you can encourage colleagues, students and interested readers to visit the PaCo website and explore the articles published in the journal.

Rating Anvur

PACO is rated CLASS A journal, by the Italian Academic Research Evaluation Agency (Anvur), for the area 14 (social sciences) and, in particular, for the following scientific areas: 14 a1 (Filosofia politica), 14 a2 (Scienza politica), 14 c1 (Sociologia generale), 14 c2 (Sociologia dei processi culturali e comunicativi), 14 c3 (Sociologia giuridica e politica), 14 d1 (Sociologia dei processi economici, del lavoro, dell'ambiente e del territorio).

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Dall'Anvur (Agenzia nazionale di valutazione della ricerca universitaria), la rivista è collocata in CLASSE A per l'area 14 (scienze politiche e sociali) e, in particolare, per le aree scientifico-disciplinari: 14a2 (scienza politica),  14 c1 (Sociologia generale), 14 c2 (Sociologia dei processi culturali e comunicativi), 14 c3 (Sociologia giuridica e politica), 14 d1 (Sociologia dei processi economici, del lavoro, dell'ambiente e del territorio), ''perché rispondente a tutti gli standard di eccellenza definiti dalla stessa Agenzia di valutazione'' [giudizio tratto dalle motivazioni addotte dagli esperti valutatori d'area].

History of the Journal

Partecipazione e Conflitto (Participation and Conflict) was founded in 2008 on the initiative of a network of scholars working on social movements and political participation based at various Italian universities, including the European University Institute, the University of Bergamo, the University of Catania, the University of Florence, the University of Milan, the University of Pisa, Roma Tre University and the University of Salento.

Over the years, the journal has expanded beyond its original core, attracting new energies and involving scholars from a wide range of Italian, European and international universities. Within a few years, it became a reference point for a broad European network of scholars in sociology and political science, associated with the European Sociological Association — particularly the Research Networks on Political Sociology and Social Movements — the European Consortium for Political Research — particularly the Standing Groups on Political Sociology and Participation & Mobilization — the Italian Sociological Association, especially its Section of Political Sociology, the Italian Society of Political Science, particularly its Standing Group on Social Movements and Political Participation, and the Centre for the Study of Politics and Society of the University of Salento.

From its foundation, the journal was published mainly in Italian, with occasional contributions in Spanish and English, by the Italian publisher FrancoAngeli. Since 2014, the Editorial Team has decided to publish the journal in English, through an electronic open-access platform, in order to make research findings freely available to the scientific community.

The new series of Partecipazione e Conflitto, as Diamond Journal, is managed by the ESE Salento University Publishing but in the Archives section it is possible to consult the contents of all issues published since 2008 accessing abstracts and previews of every article from the webpage of the old publisher.