There seems to be a coup underway.
Or, at least that is what Inside Higher Ed is calling it . . .
The SAGE journal Organization and Environment is under reconstruction after a mass exodus (resignation) from it's editorial board.
This does not seem to be any ordinary editorial board transition, however. There is controversy in the air and the explanations that SAGE is offering do not seem to add up in the eyes of critics.
"The editorial board members are charging that SAGE Journals (the publisher) is engaged in "an editorial coup" designed to displace environmental sociology and a leftist critique of environmental issues with an emphasis on the more business-friendly concept of sustainability."
The response from SAGE, asserts something different . . .
"SAGE says that its changes for the journal have been misunderstood, and were designed to help the journal."
So, is this "coup" actually an assault on leftist environmental critique, or is the reorganization of the journal due to something less sinister like, a lack of article submissions? Or the need to make a profit in an increasingly open-access friendly world? I'm sure the truth is in here somewhere and will come out eventually. We'll have to continue speculating for now . . .
Or, at least that is what Inside Higher Ed is calling it . . .
The SAGE journal Organization and Environment is under reconstruction after a mass exodus (resignation) from it's editorial board.
This does not seem to be any ordinary editorial board transition, however. There is controversy in the air and the explanations that SAGE is offering do not seem to add up in the eyes of critics.
"The editorial board members are charging that SAGE Journals (the publisher) is engaged in "an editorial coup" designed to displace environmental sociology and a leftist critique of environmental issues with an emphasis on the more business-friendly concept of sustainability."
The response from SAGE, asserts something different . . .
"SAGE says that its changes for the journal have been misunderstood, and were designed to help the journal."
So, is this "coup" actually an assault on leftist environmental critique, or is the reorganization of the journal due to something less sinister like, a lack of article submissions? Or the need to make a profit in an increasingly open-access friendly world? I'm sure the truth is in here somewhere and will come out eventually. We'll have to continue speculating for now . . .
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