CAMBIO. Journal on Social Change
«Again there were predetermined evaluations at work. A higher value was implicitly placed on the changeless than on the changeable.»
Norbert Elias (1970)
CAMBIO
via delle Pandette, 21 - 50127 Firenze
Tel.055 4374427 Fax: 055 4374931
cambio@dispo.unifi.it
ISSN: 2239-1118
Editor: Paolo Giovannini
Co-Editor: Angela Perulli (Direttore responsabile)
Scientific Board: Franca Alacevich, Giacomo Becattini, Ian Budge, Sergio Caruso, Alessandro Cavalli, Idalina Conde, Franco Crespi, Florence Delmotte, Johan Goudsblom, Paolo Jedlowski,Hermann Korte, Massimo Livi Bacci, Alberto Marradi, Stephen Mennell, Andrea Messeri, Fausto Miguelez, Giovanna Procacci, Teresa Torns, Marcello Verga,Giovanna Vicarelli.
Editorial Board: Carlo Baccetti, Luca Bagnoli, Francesca Bianchi, Massimo Bressan, Filippo Buccarelli, Dimitri D'Andrea, Michael Eve, Paolo Giovannini, Laura Leonardi, Steve Loyal, Emmanuele Pavolini, Angela Perulli, Rocco Sciarrone, Annalisa Tonarelli.
Editorial Staff: Vincenzo Marasco, Giulia Mascagni (Editor assistant), Riccardo Sgherri, Andrea Valzania.
Why another journal
This electronic journal takes its name from a Research Laboratory (CAMBIO) active in the Department of Sociology and Political Science (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy). It is published on-line twice a year. The subtitle Journal on Social Change emphasizes the central interests of the promoters (a group of scholars and researchers from various Italian universities) for the transformation processes that today affect individuals and society, nature and culture, local societies and global realities. It is not by chance that the first two issues contained the best papers presented at a recent International Conference on Norbert Elias, a sociologist who was one of the best interpreters of past and present societies. We will keep faith to this tradition in a totally secular and flexible way, hosting contributions of research and theoretical analyses in the social sciences - of every discipline and research approach. The journal calls on those who recognize themselves in the guidelines that we have outlined, to submit their contributions and proposals which will be promptly discussed and peer reviewed.