Maurizio Cotta, University of Siena, Italy G. William Domhoff, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA Fredrik Engelstad, University of Oslo, Norway Joseph V. Femia, University of Liverpool, UK Pavol Fri? Charles University, Czech Republic David Lane, University of Cambridge György Lengyel, Corvinus University, Hungary Alasdair Marshall, University of Southampton, UK Jan Pakulski the University of Tasmania, Australia So?a Szomolányi Comenius University, Slovakia