European Journal of Social Quality
The Journal's mission statement aims to reclaim the central values of social experience and participative democracy. This independent, peer-reviewed journal challenges technocratic, narrowly economic visions of the new Europe. Its aim is to contribute to developing the concept of social quality: the extent to which citizens can participate in the social and economic life of their communities under conditions, which enhance their well-being and individual potential. Innovative, cross-disciplinary approaches to social issues and policy debates seek to broaden social science scholarship and to emphasise the importance of the social sphere and of civil dialogue in shaping the very nature and identity of the European Union.