Civic participation in negotiations, public debate, and consultation for decision-making has become a central and multidisciplinary topic of research in the humanities and social sciences, compelling the launch of a journal that reflects the diversity of this research.

Participations is an interdisciplinary journal that brings together perspectives and contributions from the various disciplines concerned (sociology, political science, philosophy, history, urban studies, geography, social psychology, information sciences, communication studies, economics, etc.) on the common topic of public participation in collective decision-making within contemporary democracies, without restriction to any single theoretical or methodological approach. The journal's creation is part of an ongoing structuring of this research field, as evidenced by the emergence of a French Scientific Interest Group entitled “Public Participation, Decision-Making, and Participatory Democracy” (Participation du public, décison, démocratie participative) which actively supports the journal. Participations is open to both theoretical and empirical contributions concerning participatory democracy, conditions of deliberation, the transformation of forms and practices of citizenship, the structuring of the public sphere, urban governance, public engagement in decision-making processes, social, technical, or medical democracy, socio-technical debates, and the evaluation of participatory tools and devices. Participations is a French language journal that aims to foster exchange between various research communities (France, Belgium, Quebec, Switzerland, etc.) but also welcomes contributions from non-French-speaking researchers.

Direction

Loic Blondiaux, Director of Publication (Université Paris 1)
Héloïse Nez, Editor-in-Chief (Université de Tours)
Romain Badouard, Editor-in-Chief (Université Paris 2 Panthéon Assas)

Editorial Committee

Marion Carrel (Université de Lille)
Paula Cossart (Université de Lille)
Jeanne Demoulin (École d’urbanisme de Paris)
Guillaume Gourgues (Université de Franche-Comté)
Samuel Hayat (CNRS/Ceraps)
Brice Laurent (Mines ParisTech)
Alice Le Goff (Université Paris 5)
Julie Le Mazier (Université Paris 1)
Clément Mabi (Université de Technologie de Compiègne)
Alice Mazeaud (Université de La Rochelle)
Marie-Hélène Sa Vilas Boas (Université de Nice)
Julien Talpin (CNRS/Ceraps)
Sezin Topçu (CNRS/EHESS)

Editorial Board

Rocio Annunziata (Université de Buenos Aires) ; Rémi Barbier (ENGEES Strasbourg) ; Marie-Hélène Bacqué (Université Paris 10) ; Mathieu Berger (Université Libre de Bruxelles) ; Laurence Bherer (Université de Montréal) ; Jean-Nicolas Birck (Université Nancy 2) ; Daniel Cefai (EHESS) ; Francis Chateauraynaud (EHESS) ; Cécile Cuny (Université Paris 8) ; Ludivine Damay (Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis) ; Katherine Daniell (Australian National University) ; Laurence de Carlo (ESSEC) ; Marianne Doury (CNRS) ; Jean Michel Fourniau (IFSTTAR) ; Mario Gauthier (Université du Québec) ; Cécile Laborde (University College London) ; Pierre Lascoumes (IEP Paris) ; Sylvain Lavelle (ICAM Lille) ; Rémi Lefebvre (Université de Lille) ; Markku Lehtonen (Université du Sussex) ; Gwenola Le Naour (IEP de Lyon) ; Eeva Luhtakallio ; (Université d’Helsinki) ; Patrice Mele (Université de Tours) ; Laurence Monnoyer Smith (UTC Compiègne) ; Catherine Neveu (CNRS/EHESS) ; Magali Nonjon (IEP Aix en Provence) ; Marion Paoletti (Université Bordeaux 4) ; Sandrine Rui (Université Bordeaux Segalen) ; Louis Simard (Université d’Ottawa) ; Yves Sintomer (Université Paris 8) ; Rodolphe Vidal (ESSEC) ; Tommaso Vitale (IEP Paris) ; Stéphanie Wojcik (Université Paris 12).

Editorial Secretary

Muriel Parès (CNRS/Ceraps)

International Scientific Committee

Leonardo Avritzer (Université fédérale du Minas Gerais) ; Gianpaolo Baiocchi (Université de Brown) ; Luiggi Bobbio (Université de Turin) ; Luc Boltanski (EHESS) ; Michel Callon (Ecole des Mines) ; Stephen Coleman (Université de Leeds) ; Donatella Della Porta (Institut Universitaire Européen) ; John Dryzek (Université de Canberra) ; Nina Eliasoph (Université de Californie du Sud) ; Joan Font (IESA/Cordoue) ; Nancy Fraser (The New School or Social Research) ; John Gastil (Université de Penn State) ; Brigitte Geissel (Université Goethe de Francfort) ; Pierre Hamel (Université de Montréal) ; William Keith (Université du Wisconsin) ; Les Levidow (Open University) ; Dominique Leydet (Université du Québec à Montréal) ; Marc Maesschalck (Université Catholique de Louvain) ; Bernard Manin (EHESS) ; Jane Mansbridge (Université d’Harvard) ; Kevin Mattson (Université d’Ohio) ; Chantal Mouffe (Université de Westminster) ; Diana Mutz (Université de Pennsylvanie) ; Yannis Papadopoulos (Université de Lausanne) ; Dominique Pestre (EHESS) ; Pierre Rosanvallon (Collège de France) ; Patrick Savidan (Université de Poitiers) ; Isabelle Stengers (Université Libre de Bruxelles) ; Jurg Steiner (Université de Caroline du Nord) ; Michael Schudson (Université de Columbia) ; Gerry Stoker (Université de Southampton) ; Lawrence E. Susskind (MIT) ; Mark E. Warren (Université de Colombie Britannique) ; Brian Wynne (Université de Lancaster).

The journal is published three times a year, and consists of three sections:

- A thematic dossier of five to six original research papers, each containing a maximum of 60,000 characters. Proposals should comprise one to two pages of presentation as well as a provisional abstract, and should be sent to redaction@revue-participations.fr

- Varia (miscellaneous articles): These are articles (60,000 characters maximum) that are based on original empirical material and/or propose theoretical or methodological advances. Articles submitted for publication should be sent to varia@revue-participations.fr

- Reviews of several books, which present a picture of the current state of affairs in the field, launch debates on an issue, and publicize foreign publications. Book reviews contain between 15,000 to 30,000 characters depending on the number of books and the scope of the subject matter, and should be sent to varia@revue-participations.fr

Two reviewers (one from outside the Editorial Committee) will anonymously evaluate the submitted articles. A response will be sent to the authors within four months. The format of articles submitted for publication should comply with the full list of editorial guidelines available on the website of the journal: www.revue-participations.fr.

Participations

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