Democracy and Security (DS)

Democracy and Security is the authoritative source for rigorous exploration of the mechanisms and policies utilized by democracies to deal with security challenges, as well as relevant moral, social, and political dilemmas. The journal publishes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles on concepts and functions that shape the relations between various international and national security policies, concerns, and needs on the one hand, and central values, institutions, and processes of democratic societies on the other. The journal is committed to provide exposure to diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives, as well as policy approaches. Democracy and Security features timely and informative contributions from leading scholars on a range of topics, including: Democratic societies and their struggle with domestic threats. Moral dimensions of national security in democracies. Legal dimensions of national security in democracies. Mass communications and national security. Social implications on national security issues. 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 civil society in shaping national security decisions in democratic regimes. Public opinion, counter-terrorism, and national security dilemmas. The politics of defense policies. The psychology of decision-making processes in the context of national security issues. Civilian sphere of domestic and human security. The role of the legislative branch in shaping security policies. Electoral processes, party politics, and national security.

Democracy and Security (DS) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Democracies, minorities, Public opinion, counter-terrorism, national security issues, national security in democracies, Mass communications , Online or Print , Quarterly Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 1741-9166, E-ISSN: 1555-5860, Established: 2005, Impact Factor: 0.8
• Provides Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE