Dear Colleagues,
Please share with list members the call for papers (below and attached) on
Good citizenship norms that is now open with Political Psychology.
Thanks and best regards,
Nora
Special Issue: Re-examining Norms of Good Citizenship When Democratic
Values are Under Threat '
Amid global transformations and mounting challenges to fundamental
democratic principles, the role of ‘good citizens’ in fostering resilient,
inclusive, and engaged societies is more crucial than ever (Bermeo, 2016;
Mauk, 2020). Predominant theoretical approaches to citizenship and even
‘good citizenship’ – typically shaped by Marshall (1950), Almond and Verba
(1963), and Dalton (2020) – struggle to capture the complexities and
interplay between different norms of good citizenship. Yet these norms are
responsible for citizens’ political behaviour, shifting allegiances, and
evolving political identities, including their turn towards illiberal
practices and their apparent endorsement of an increasingly unstable
political and global order (Oser et al., 2023; Schnaudt et al., 2024).
Still, academic discourse on norms of ‘good citizenship’ often remains
peripheral within broader debates on democratic values, civic education,
citizenship politics, and state legitimacy due to the predominance of
discipline-focused lenses.
This Special Issue aims to bring together normative and empirical
approaches on citizenship, ‘good citizenship’ and norms of ‘good
citizenship’ in order to facilitate a cross-disciplinary dialogue that
spans temporal and geographic boundaries. It welcomes studies of liberal
democracies, regions with colonial legacies and countries with fragile
institutions. Together, the contributions to this issue will help examine
the complex interplay between individual, institutional, behavioral and
psychological factors that shape contemporary citizenship, advance a more
comprehensive theory of the norms of ‘good citizenship’, and examine their
implications for the future of democracy, political institutions and public
engagement, and civic education.
*Key research questions: *
What does ‘good citizenship’ mean, and how stable is this meaning across
time and space?
How do psychological factors, such as emotions, collective identities, and
ethical behaviour, shape perceptions of good citizenship and citizenship
norms?
What are the main changes in citizenship norms, and which factors
(economic, political, psychological, social, etc.) are related to these
changes?
How are citizenship norms linked to social, educational, technological, and
psychological processes?
How do citizenship norms vary across different socio-political, cultural,
geographic, and temporal contexts, and what are the implications of these
variations for democracy and civic education?
Timeline:
Deadline for paper proposals: 15 July 2025 - incl. abstracts of 500 words,
3-5 keywords, and details of the author(s) (title, and institutional
affiliation). Please share this by email to: sinorms@hku.hk
sinorms@hku.hk
Deadline for full papers: 31 Dec 2025
Any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to the guest editors;
Frank Reichert, Nora Siklodi and Murray Print, directly and/or via the
SI-dedicated email account that we are monitoring: sinorms@hku.hk
We look forward to hearing from you and learning about your research!
Dr Nora Siklodi
she|her
Associate Professor in Politics
Co-Editor of Political Studies Review
https://journals.sagepub.com/home/psw | Political Studies Association
Chair of Standing Group on Citizenship https://ecpr.eu/Group/citizenship
Steering Committee Member of Standing Group in Identity
https://ecpr.eu/Group/identity | European Consortium for Political
Research
Deputy Director of Postgraduate Research | SASSHPL, Portsmouth
Area Studies Pathway Coordinator | ESRC SCDTP https://southcoastdtp.ac.uk/
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