[Commlist] Call for Papers/Articles: Conglict and democratic participation in the digital society

    CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - Vol. 5(2), 2020
    <http://www.cussoc.it/files/journals/1/call/202005_en.pdf>


    CONFLICT AND DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION IN THE DIGITAL SOCIETY
    <http://www.cussoc.it/files/journals/1/call/202005_en.pdf>


        Guest editor /Michele Sorice /(LUISS di Roma)

The concept of participation requires a careful and thorough revision. 
In the different ideals of representative democracy, political 
participation is declined as an institutionalised practice, considered 
as compulsory for the exercise of representation and necessary for 
increasing the civil attention to the common good; in the experiences of 
direct democracy (or rather in the various and sometimes trivializing 
theories of it) participation overlaps with the idea of ​​personal 
involvement and it is exercised (usually) through the rejection of 
delegation. It is no coincidence that representation and participation 
were very often placed in an antithetical and mutually exclusive 
position. In the concrete practices of democracy, however, things are 
certainly more complex, to the point that the concept of participation 
itself has variously intertwined with that of representation, has been 
variously declined and even its operationalization appears at least 
problematic. The topic of conflict – traditional in the social sciences 
but at the same time declined in various dimensions – inevitably 
intertwines with the concept of participation and the practices of civic 
engagement. Alongside the forms of participation “by invitation” – 
typical, for example, of many experiments of democratic innovation or of 
some practices, more or less depoliticised, of collaborative governance 
– new trends of participation “by irruption” have developed, where 
social actors have become protagonists in the institutional re-shaping 
of procedures and organisation of social spaces. These two different 
directions of participation have variously intertwined both with the 
“institutionalized” political practices (political parties, trade 
unions, etc.) and with those of active citizenship and, finally, with 
the action of social movements in the urban contexts. This scenario is 
made even more complex by the growing centrality of digital ecosystems, 
which have become both a place of representation and a space of conflict.

This call intends to give space to innovative studies - first of all 
empirical but without excluding those with a theoretical critical cut - 
on the complex relationship between political participation, democracy 
and the several forms of social conflict also (but not exclusively) in 
the light of the transformations of the public sphere, symbolically 
identified with the growing social centrality of digital ecosystems.

Types of abstracts and deadlines

The extended abstract, in Italian or English (from 800 to 1000 words, 
references included), has to be send by Febraury 28, 2020 as e-mail 
attachment to: (rivistacussoc /at/ unisa.it) 
<http://www.cussoc.it/Library/Group%20Containers/3L68KQB4HG.group.com.readdle.smartemail/databases/messagesData/6/48097/(rivistacussoc /at/ unisa.it)>

The extended abstract has to be submitted with full title and five 
keywords, furthermore it has to include name of author(s), 
affiliation(s), and e-mail for correspondence. In case of more than one 
author, the corresponding author needs to be indicated. The extended 
abstract should clearly illustrate the topic, theoretical framework, 
research proceedings and scientific relevance.

  Communication from the Editors concerning selection of abstracts 
invited to develop into full papers (35,000 to 60,000 characters, 
including footnotes, references and spaces) by March 15, 2020.

The complete articles has be presented by May 30, 2020 through the 
journal OJS electronic platform and they must comply with the 
guidelines, in addition the articles that will be presented in Italian 
must also include the English title 
(http://www.cussoc.it/index.php/journal/about/submissions).

  Communication concerning the peer-review process by September 15, 2020.

  Revised and language edited full papers: October 15, 2020.

Final decision on revised papers: November 15, 2020

Publication: December 2020.


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