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European Journal of Political Theory Template

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About the European Journal of Political Theory format

European Journal of Political Theory is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Political Philosophy and Ethics, Political Theory and Influence, Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', European Journal of Political Theory, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inPolitical Philosophy and Ethics Political Theory and Influence Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy Critical Theory and Philosophy American Constitutional Law and Politics
ISSN1474-8851
Citation impact (2-yr)0.86
h-index56
i10-index315
Total citations14,028
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Oxford
Journal websitewww.sagepub.com
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Papers published in European Journal of Political Theory per year

36
2014
59
2015
49
2016
32
2017
27
2018
39
2019
27
2020
46
2021
31
2022
31
2023
27
2024
49
2025

Citation impact of European Journal of Political Theory by publication year

617
2014
1.4K
2015
874
2016
435
2017
371
2018
579
2019
434
2020
271
2021
337
2022
106
2023
54
2024
20
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in European Journal of Political Theory

Realism in political theory

William A. Galston · 1 Oct 2010

In recent decades, a ‘realist’ alternative to ideal theories of politics has slowly taken shape. Bringing together philosophers, political theorists, and political scientists, this countermovement seeks to reframe inquiry into politics and political norms. Among the hallmarks of this endeavor are a moral psychology that includes the passions and emotions; a robust conception of political…

Communicative Power in Habermas’s Theory of Democracy

Jeffrey Flynn · 10 Sep 2004

This article critically examines Jürgen Habermas’s theory of democracy as developed in Between Facts and Norms. In particular, it focuses on the concept of communicative power and argues that there is a crucial ambiguity in Habermas’s use of this concept. Since communicative power is the key normative resource that is supposed to counter the norm-free…

The concept of constituent power

Martin Loughlin · 23 May 2013

This article examines the meaning and significance of the concept of constituent power in constitutional thought by showing how it acts as a boundary concept with respect to three types of legal thought: normativism, decisionism and relationalism. The concept can be fully appreciated, it suggests, only by adopting a relationalist method. This relationalist method permits…

Realism, liberal moralism and a political theory of modus vivendi

John Horton · 1 Oct 2010

This article sets out some of the key features of a realist critique of liberal moralism, identifying descriptive inadequacy and normative irrelevance as the two fundamental lines of criticism. It then sketches an outline of a political theory of modus vivendi as an alternative, realist approach to political theory. On this account a modus vivendi…

Diversity and Unity

Andrea Baumeister · 19 Sep 2007

Although Habermas's sophisticated conception of constitutional patriotism successfully avoids the charge of trying to ground patriotism in a set of principles that is too thin and abstract to sustain a real sense of solidarity and belonging, his optimism regarding the prospect in modern pluralist societies of building a genuinely shared political culture is misplaced. The…

European Journal of Political Theory template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the European Journal of Political Theory format?
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What reference style does European Journal of Political Theory use?
European Journal of Political Theory uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', European Journal of Political Theory, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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Who publishes European Journal of Political Theory?
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