allow me to put in a plug for nps that yoshie mentions above: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/07393148.html
1970s origins of likes of new political science - and journals such as politics and society, theory and society, critical sociology (originally insurgent sociologist) - can be traced to attempts to find places for radical scholarship and to build alternatives to mainstream academic journals...mainstream journals generally refused to publish leftist research, folks were being denied tenure because they didn't have requisite publishing record, of course, they couldn't get published because mainstream journals refused to publish their stuff, pretty obvious circularity here...
those who established and promoted criticial and radical alternatives sought to create publications that would *count* - hence, the peer-review process - towards helping people keep their jobs, as yoshie points out, however, these journals have never really been recognized by those who dominate social science disciplines... mh
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