*Debating Democracy: Concepts, Histories, and Controversies * ** Edited by Claudia Wiesner and Kari Palonen /Deadline for Abstracts: 15 February 2024 /| /Deadline for Articles: 30 November 2024/ Politics and Governance, peer-reviewed journal indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science; Impact Factor: 2.2) and Scopus (CiteScore: 4.2), welcomes new and exciting research papers for its upcoming issue "Debating Democracy: Concepts, Histories, and Controversies," edited by Claudia Wiesner (Fulda University of Applied Sciences) and Kari Palonen (University of Jyväskylä). This thematic issue aims to bring together articles that analyse how (liberal) democracy is currently debated, contested, and conceptualized, inside and outside Europe, taking into consideration contemporary challenges (such as populism, polarization, and autocratization) and democratization. Articles are invited to discuss questions such as: * How is (liberal) democracy defined and contested in academia, public discourses, and among political elites? How is it conceptualized and debated in various fora and by different actors? In what way is (liberal) democracy contested, in which occasions and contexts, and how is democratic backsliding argumentatively defended? * How are the debates and contestations contextualized, in which occasions do they occur, and are they linked to other issues or other significant concepts like representation, participation, autonomy, freedom, or power? * What can political science and democratic theory contribute to public discourses about (liberal) democracy, its challenges, and potential reforms? * How is democracy conceptualized in the framework of the European Union and its multilevel system—both by citizens and elites? Authors interested in submitting a paper for this issue are encouraged to read the full call for papers: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/pages/view/nextissues#DebateDemocracy Abstracts welcome by 15 February 2024. Kindest regards, Carolina Carolina Correia Politics and Governance Cogitatio Press 1070-129 Lisbon Portugal New issues (open access): Vol 11, No 4 (2023): Comparative Fiscal Federalism and the Post-Covid EU https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/issue/view/373 Vol 11, No 3 (2023): United in Uniqueness? Lessons From Canadian Politics for European Union Studies https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/issue/view/360 ------------------------------------------------------------------------