Berliner Debatte Initial
Sozial- und geisteswissenschaftliches Journal
The topics covered in the Berliner Debatte Initial range from research into transformation and Eastern Europe, which comprised its focus in the 1990s, to questions relating to the history of ideas, philosophy, social theory, and cultural sociology, to current socio-political debates and issues concerning the zeitgeist. The journal is aimed at a broad, interdisciplinary readership with the intention of critically reflecting on the socio-economic, political and cultural processes of change in Germany, Europe, and the world and initiating public debates about them.
Each issue is dedicated to a topic related to one of its focal areas and also contains a general section with additional articles as well as discussions and reviews.
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Edited by
Editorial office
Thomas Müller (editor-in-chief)
Ulrich Busch
Wolf-Dietrich Junghanns
Thomas Möbius
Gregor Ritschel
Matthias Weinhold
Johanna Wischner
Advisory board
Wladislaw Hedeler
Cathleen Kantner
Raj Kollmorgen
Robert Stock
Udo Tietz
Andreas Willisch
Berliner Debatte Initial
General information
ISSN 0863-4564 (print)
ISSN 2941-3230 (online)
Founded: 1990
Publication frequency: quarterly
Size: 16 x 23 cm
Annual number of pages: ca. 576
Languages: German
Review section: Yes
Validation: peer review
First volumes published under the title Initial. Zeitschrift für Politik und Gesellschaft
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Please send manuscript submissions to the editoral office (redaktion@berlinerdebatte.de). Submissions must be original articles (no translations) which must not be previously published. During the review process, manuscripts may not be submitted elsewhere. A manuscript submitted to the journal must be ready for publication, the editors do not accept partial or draft versions. In initial submissions, the citation rules of the journal do not have to be strictly followed.
All submissions are subjected to peer review. The review process can result in acceptance, the recommendation of revisions or rejection of the manuscript. The author is informed of the decision by email. The editors attempt to reach a decision within 3 months of the submission of the manuscript.
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