The Magazine was created in 2006 by a group of post-graduate students of International Politics. The founders recognised that there are many informed individuals with an ability for political writing, but who do not have access to publication in mainstream magazines, journals and newspapers.
Global Politics Magazine seeks to address this, providing a forum in which a new generation of writers can contribute to, and engage with, political debate whilst also building valuable writing experience through shaping an exciting, highly interactive publication.
Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC is devoted to giving serious authors free rein to say what's right and what's wrong about their disciplines and about the world, including what's never been said before. The result is intellectuals unbound, writing unconstrained and creative texts about meaningful matters.
Although the study of civil society has largely confined itself to the study of organizations, there is growing interest in understanding the broader contexts and enabling conditions for a healthy and effective civil society. At the same time, the spread of low cost communication systems in the last two decades has helped spur interest in applying the science of networks to social groups and social phenomena.
We are pleased to announce the inaugural issue of the Journal of Networks and Civil Society. This is the second thematic issue in our journal series and is intended to complement the previous issue which focused on information technology.