{"id":26,"date":"2026-07-26T09:44:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T06:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fspac.ubbcluj.ro\/jpcs\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2026-08-15T14:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T11:20:25","slug":"submission-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fspac.ubbcluj.ro\/jpcs\/for-authors\/submission-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Submission Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-default wp-block-paragraph\">Politics and Civil Society publishes high\u2011quality, original research on civil society and its relationship with politics, democracy, institutions, and social change. Manuscripts must make a clear scholarly contribution, engage with relevant literature, and demonstrate methodological transparency. Submissions must not be under review elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Article Types Accepted<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research Articles: empirical (quantitative, qualitative, mixed\u2011methods), comparative, or theoretical contributions; 7,000\u201310,000 words.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Methodological Articles: innovations in measurement, data collection, or analytical strategies relevant to civil society research; 6,000\u20139,000 words.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Review Articles: state\u2011of\u2011the\u2011art syntheses of major themes, debates, or methodological developments; 8,000\u201312,000 words.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Book Reviews: invited or proposed; 1,000\u20132,000 words.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Word counts include references, tables, and figures.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manuscripts must clearly relate to the journal\u2019s thematic areas, including:<br>\u2022 Civil society organizations, volunteering, civic and political participation<br>\u2022 Political culture, social capital, trust, democratization<br>\u2022 State\u2013civil society relations, public policies affecting civil society<br>\u2022 Gender, diversity, minority inclusion, representation<br>\u2022 Religious and secular forms of civil society<br>\u2022 Inequalities, exclusions, and tensions within civic life<br>\u2022 Empirical, comparative, and quantitatively oriented research is strongly encouraged<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authors should explicitly articulate how their submission contributes to debates on civil society\u2019s democratic potential, limitations, and structural inequalities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics and Civil Society publishes high\u2011quality, original research on civil society and its relationship with politics, democracy, institutions, and social change. Manuscripts must make a clear scholarly contribution, engage with relevant literature, and demonstrate methodological transparency. Submissions must not be under review elsewhere. Article Types Accepted Research Articles: empirical (quantitative, qualitative, mixed\u2011methods), comparative, or theoretical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fspac.ubbcluj.ro\/jpcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fspac.ubbcluj.ro\/jpcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fspac.ubbcluj.ro\/jpcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fspac.ubbcluj.ro\/jpcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fspac.ubbcluj.ro\/jpcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fspac.ubbcluj.ro\/jpcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91,"href":"https:\/\/fspac.ubbcluj.ro\/jpcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/91"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fspac.ubbcluj.ro\/jpcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fspac.ubbcluj.ro\/jpcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}