Call for papers
Dear Sirs,
We invite you to submit scientific articles for issue 1.2025 of "The Power of Judgment" (Power of Judgement; Power of Judgement OJS).
This issue will focus on electoral and campaign-related topics. We want to examine how political parties and their leaders mobilise their electorates through various communication strategies and narratives. Specifically, we want to determine if the dominant electoral logic most strongly influences voters' decisions, which revolve around evoking particular sentiments and resentments and instrumentalising values.
How can we explain the transfer of decision-making power to politicians who advocate for a "revolution of common sense," as notably heralded by the US president elected last year? An important consideration is how the interests of various citizen groups are represented and defined and what solutions future governments propose to address their concerns.
This issue also relates to the recurring media narrative about the crisis of democracy and the dysfunction of key components within the political system. Additionally, the nature of contemporary communication tools—particularly social media—raises questions about their role and impact on political competition, especially when these tools are wielded by actors seeking to influence electoral outcomes.
Finally, exploring the proposed research directions in political sociology is interesting, particularly regarding the formation of contemporary public debates, political communication, and the reconfiguration of political systems. The areas of consideration outlined here are not exhaustive; instead, they are suggestions that warrant particular attention. We also welcome other topics related to the broadly defined subject of political elections. We hope the published texts will help us better understand the processes occurring in the ruling environment and what implications they hold for us— the governed— as a society after the elections.
We seek theoretical texts, articles grounded in research and analysis, or a combination of both. Marcin Kotras will be the volume editor from the University of Lodz.
Please submit your articles, between 40,000 and 60,000 characters, formatted according to the editorial guidelines available at Information for Authors. All submissions will be evaluated by reviewers with the appropriate expertise to ensure a high level of scholarly contribution.
Important Dates:
- Deadline for Submissions: June 30, 2025. Please submit your texts via the journal's website using the OJS system at Article submission. You may also send your articles to the email address of the volume editor at Marcin Kotras, University of Lodz or to the editorial office of "The Power of Judgement" at Power of Judgement Editors.
- Planned Publication Date: September 2025.
Kind regards,
Editors of "The Power of Judgement"
CfP not related to thematic issues
We invite you to submit articles dealing with issues of power, politics, and institutional and non-institutional forms of constructing and conserving social order. We welcome both articles representing the sociology of politics or psychology of politics and other fields, offering theoretical and/or empirical studies commenting on transforming political reality. We also welcome reviews of books on power and instruments of authority. All information for the Authors may be found under the bookmark Information for the Authors. We also invite shorter materials, such as comments and photos, commenting directly or metaphorically on social and power relations in contemporary society.
Contact:
"Power of Judgment" Editorial Board
Department of Sociology of Politics and Morality
Institute of Sociology University of Lodz
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90-214 Lodz, Poland
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