Our Mission as a Journal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4501166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald H Chilcote (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 7-15 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x241256895 |
| OpenAlex | W4401434053 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
In early 1973, twelve founders of Latin American Perspectives met to debate a manuscript supportive of a Marxist Maoist position challenging new Latin American thinking around the subject of dependency and underdevelopment.The central argument of the manuscript was not that dependency thinking was a new and important trend but simply a distraction that had influenced progressive scholarship away from Marxist thought.Most of us disagreed, yet we wanted the article to be a center piece among diverse critical perspectives in the initial issue of an alternative journal.Shortly thereafter we carried our idea to Madison, Wisconsin, where more than a hundred Latin Americanists met and affirmed our proposal to publish a progressive journal on Latin America, oriented to the region and providing a means for its thinkers to share with those outside their experiences, understandings, ideas, and paths forward.Latin American Perspectives first appeared in Spring 1974 and was an immediate success with several thousand copies distributed around the world.Fifty years later the present issue focuses on the efforts of its editors, including nine of the founders, to assess and celebrate our accomplishments. Our VisiOnThe journal faced many challenges: working with emerging and established scholars, turning to women in an intellectual world dominated by men, opening to problems and issues throughout the region, encouraging expression among diverse languages (Portuguese, Spanish, French, Indigenous), and creating space to share writing in English in search of disseminating thought beyond country borders.Our ambitious vision necessitated collective effort and individual commitment to work, minimizing personal ambitions, and reaching out broadly to involve diverse and competent people desirous of understanding significant issues and problems.We sought a journal with interesting, innovative, provocative, challenging, and cutting-edge writing and ideas.Acknowledging that inexperienced authors struggle with writing and that rarely do we accept a paper upon initial review, we have encouraged authors to revise where their work offers promise.We emphasize manuscript editing to ensure clarity, sometimes taking the process through four or five revisions.When a manuscript shows promise but is not acceptable, we invariably provide input with suggestions for revision and encourage authors to consider another journal
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |