1. Publishing Organization

The journal's publishing organization is UIII, which provides the infrastructure and organizational support necessary for continued publication and dissemination.

The publisher's responsibilities include:

• Providing and maintaining the journal publishing platform.
• Supporting administrative and production activities.
• Maintaining digital publication access and journal operations.
• Supporting bibliographic metadata and publishing infrastructure.
• Facilitating communication and operational continuity.
• Supporting the implementation of established publication policies.

2. Editorial Management

The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board are responsible for maintaining the scholarly quality, ethical integrity, and academic relevance of published articles.

Editorial responsibilities include:

• Screening manuscripts for scope, originality, and academic suitability.
• Managing the peer-review process and appointing qualified reviewers.
• Evaluating manuscript quality, research methodology, and scholarly contribution.
• Making decisions regarding acceptance, revision, or rejection.
• Addressing conflicts of interest and publication-ethics concerns.
• Maintaining consistent editorial standards across articles.
• Supporting continuous improvements in peer-review quality and scholarly publishing practices.

3. Separation of Editorial and Publisher Responsibilities

This division of responsibility supports professional journal administration while preserving the Editorial Board's authority over scholarly evaluation.

4. Editorial Independence

Editorial decisions are made independently by the Editor-in-Chief or appropriately authorized editorial representatives.

Manuscripts are evaluated according to originality, methodological rigor, theoretical or empirical contribution, relevance to the journal's scope, ethical compliance, and peer-review recommendations.

5. Governance and Accountability

Politeia maintains governance practices intended to support transparent scholarly publishing, clear institutional responsibilities, and professional editorial conduct.

• Academic independence: Editorial judgments are protected from inappropriate external influence.
• Transparent governance: Publisher and editorial responsibilities are distinguishable.
• Editorial accountability: Decisions follow established journal policies and procedures.
• Publication ethics: Research-integrity concerns are addressed using appropriate ethical guidance.
• Operational continuity: The publisher supports the maintenance and accessibility of journal publications.