Vol 13, No.1. June 2018

The Romanian Journal of Society and Politics

Vol.13 | No. 1 | June 2018

Editorial Note	Download
Dumitru-Alin Savu & Ștefan Lipan - Doing social science research with and about children in Romania: methodological and ethical challenges	Download
Lukasz Jakubiak - The rationalisation of parliamentary responsibility of the government in the French semi-presidential architecture	Download
Alexandra Timofte - The perpetuation of violence. A perspective on the Rohingya minority crisis	Download

Book Reviews

Fatma Yilmaz - Women and Shari’a Law: The Impact of Legal Pluralism in the UK by Elham Manea, I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd, 2016	Download
Antonia Cioancă - Windows into the Soul: Surveillance and Society in an Age of High Technology, by Gary T. Marx, Chicago, Il:The University of Chicago Press, 2016	Download

Note on Contributors

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Call for Papers - Distorted Rule of Law: The Past, Present and Future of Illiberal Democracies

Volume 15, Number 1, due to appear in July 2021 - Deadline for submission: 15th of April 2021

Some argue that the mutuality of liberalism and democracy is a coincidence, but Western thinkers traditionally maintain that their regimes were liberal even before democracy was embraced. However, in some polities, liberal values and practices are being gradually removed from the equation, prompting observers to single out the emergence of a new form of political regime. The ways in which liberalism is embraced, one could argue, suggest that it is more multifaceted than what is conventionally portrayed. As such, could illiberal democracies represent a response to modern democracies’ inability to address new political disputes?

In this issue of The Romanian Journal of Society and Politics, we welcome studies that try to explore this topic by employing diverse research methodologies, from empirical analysis drawing on case studies or comparative studies, to analytical and conceptual exploration. Scholars are invited to include in their submissions (but are not limited by) questions and topics such as:

How much democracy is left in an illiberal democracy?
To what extent do authoritarian pasts influence illiberal democracies in the present?
Electoral systems and the rise of populism
How do illiberal regimes impact minorities or marginalised communities as part of mounting social and political polarisation?
Identity politics as a reactionary response to women’s and minority rights movements
The limits of liberal democracy and critical perspectives
Sustainability and environmentalism
The illiberal model and its spread as determined by past and present models
The growth of illiberal democracies and their influence on international relations
Illiberal democracies and civil-military relations
Freedom of expression and the media in illiberal democracies
Judiciary (in)dependence in illiberal democracies

The submission guidelines can be found in the Instructions for Authors section. All contributions should be sent by email to: rjsp@politice.ro.