''Soundings'' is a triannual
academic journal
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of
leftist political thinking, which was established in 1995 and is published by
Lawrence and Wishart
Lawrence & Wishart is a British publishing company formerly associated with the Communist Party of Great Britain. It was formed in 1936, through the merger of Martin Lawrence, the Communist Party's press, and Wishart Ltd, a family-owned Left-wing ...
. The current convening editor is Sally Davison. The current editorial collective is: Sally Davison, David Featherstone, Kirsten Forkert, Deborah Grayson, Hannah Hamad, Ben Little, Jo Littler, Marina Prentoulis, Michael Rustin, Alison Winch.
History
Its founding
editors-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
were
Stuart Hall (
Open University
The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off- ...
),
Doreen Massey (Open University), and Michael Rustin (
University of East London
, mottoeng = Knowledge and the fulfilment of vows
, established = 1898 – West Ham Technical Institute1952 – West Ham College of Technology1970 – North East London Polytechnic1989 – Polytechnic of East London ...
).
Jonathan Rutherford
Jonathan Andrew Rutherford (born 13 July 1956) is an academic who was formerly a Professor of Cultural Studies at Middlesex University. Within British politics Rutherford is associated with the Blue Labour
Blue Labour is a British campaign ...
was editor from 2004 to 2012.
Since 2008 ''Soundings'' has published a series of online books.
References
External links
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{{British New Left
Political science journals
Publications established in 1995
English-language journals
Triannual journals