What are academic journals good for? An editorial outlook on the possibilities of contemporary political research

Abstract

The appointment of a new editorial team for an academic journal is an occasion for reflecting not only about the goals of a specific publication, but also about the relevance and intricacies of editorial work in the contemporary scientific landscape, as well as about the openings and limits of a disciplinary tradition - in this case, political science - within an institution, a country, a region and the larger academic community.