Crowdsourcing the Best Critical IR and Critical Security Studies Journals
On the heels of yesterday’s introduction to critiques, many students are probably delving into critical international relations and critical security studies literature for the first time. In an effort to improve the quality of the critique research that occurs in preparation for next season’s debates, I would like to compile a crowdsourced list of the best critical IR journals. Below the fold you will find my initial contributions; please post additional journals that I have omitted but which you believe to be high-quality sources of debate evidence in the comments.
The list was last updated on July 12, 2010.
- Alternatives: Global, Local, Political — Rienner
- Political Geography — Elsevier
- Constellations — Wiley
- Contemporary Security Policy — Taylor & Francis
- Critical Studies on Terrorism — Taylor & Francis
- European Journal of International Relations — SAGE Pubs
- Foreign Policy Analysis — Wiley
- International Affairs — Wiley
- International Interactions — Taylor & Francis
- International Organization — Cambridge Journals
- International Political Sociology — Wiley
- International Relations — SAGE Pubs
- International Security — MIT Press Journals
- International Studies Quarterly — Wiley
- International Studies Review — Wiley
- Journal of International Relations and Development — Palgrave Macmillan
- Journal of Strategic Studies — Taylor & Francis
- Millennium — SAGE Pubs
- Orbis — ScienceDirect
- Parameters — Army.mil
- Review of International Political Economy — Taylor & Francis
- Review of International Studies — Cambridge Journals
- Peace & Change — Wiley
- SAIS Review — Project Muse
- Security Dialogue — SAGE Pubs
- Security Studies — Taylor & Francis
- Social & Cultural Geography — Taylor & Francis
- Survival — Taylor & Francis
If participation is strong, I will maintain an updated list of recommendations in this post. Readers are also encouraged to contribute brief summaries of each journal: what is their focus?, how often are they published?, are they freely available anywhere online?, etc.
Good luck with your critique research!
-Millennium
-Review of International Studies
-International Studies Review
-European Journal of International Relations
-International Relations
-International Organization (More mainstream — good place for work by liberals and constructivists)
-International Affairs (Also more mainstream)
-Third World Quarterly
-Review of International Political Economy
-International Studies Association Conference Papers (usually accessible only through a university)
-Constellations (This is not as IR specific — but frequently will have relevant material on political theory issues like sovereignty and democracy that are related)
-Journal of International Relations and Development
-Political Geography
-Contemporary Security Policy
-Development
Also try Antipode for something heavily in the critical geography vein.
some additions
-security studies
-international studies quarterly
-alternatives- the turkish journal of international affairs
-Journal of Peace research
-Journal of Conflict Studies
Answers to the K
-parameters
-orbis
-survival
-sais review
Also: A good starter guide
http://pravda.gmxhome.de/pomobib.htm#rka
Also appreciate the starting guide. I worry that so many journals are now pay-per-view that they are pricing students out of access. E.g., online version of Journal of Strategic Studies, $808 for one year (6 issues).
… this is why I love the 3NR
boundary 2 (run by Spanos) and Theory & Event are good for pretty far left stuff.