Democracy and Security is the authoritative source for rigorous exploration of the dilemmas that face democracies when dealing with matters of security. The journal publishes theoretical and empirical articles on the concepts and functions of democracy and security, with a focus on the diverse perspectives of national and internal security challenges and policies, and policy analysis. Democracy and Security seeks to analyze the relationship between various national and internal security policies, concerns and needs on the one hand, and the central values, institutions, and processes of democratic societies on the other.

Democracy and Security features timely and informative contributions from leading scholars on a range of topics, including:

• Democratic societies and their struggle with enemies within.
• Democracies and their reactions to conflicts.
• Moral dimensions of national security in open societies.
• Legal dimensions of national security in democracies.
• Mass communications and national security.
• Social implications on national security issues in the realm of a democratic regime.
• Constraints of democratic governments in shaping national security policy.
• Forms of government and perceptions of national dilemmas.
• Democracies, minorities, and national security.
• The role of pressure groups in shaping national security decisions in democratic regimes.
• Public opinion, counter-terrorism, and national security dilemmas.
• The politics behind national security.
• Psychological dimensions of democratic decision in national security issues.
• Police forces and security in democratic societies.
• Civilian control of internal security.
• Parliamentary control of security organs.
• Elections and national security.
• Parties, party systems and national security.

Democracy and Security will be of interest to scholars from a variety of academic disciplines, including: political science, sociology, philosophy, law, psychology, mass communications, criminology, security studies, environmental studies, history and anthropology.

Peer Review Policy:
All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review.

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