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I assume that there aren't a whole lot of political scientists who read Plain Blog but don't read the Monkey Cage, but I do know of at least one, so perhaps there are others...at any rate, just in case any of you missed it, I want to strongly agree with Henry Farrell's post suggesting that Perspectives on Politics (a journal that is intended for both political scientists and political actors) become accessible free of charge.  My experience is the same as Henry's: there are a lot of journalists and bloggers out there who would be glad to learn (and publicize!) what political scientists have to tell them if it were easily available.  I think that would be a surprise to many experienced academics, by the way, and I think it is part of a generational shift.  I think older generations of reporters were far less likely to read things, and far more likely to rely on phone conversations, most of which were (at least in my experience) used to tease out a quotation to support ...

I assume that there aren't a whole lot of political scientists who read Plain Blog but don't read the Monkey Cage, but I do know of at least one, so perhaps there are others...at any rate, just in case any of you missed it, I want to strongly agree with Henry Farrell's post suggesting that Perspectives on Politics (a journal that is intended for both political scientists and political actors) become accessible free of charge.  My experience is the same as Henry's: there are a lot of journalists and bloggers out there who would be glad to learn (and publicize!) what political scientists have to tell them if it were easily available.  I think that would be a surprise to many experienced academics, by the way, and I think it is part of a generational shift.  I think older generations of reporters were far less likely to read things, and far more likely to rely on phone conversations, most of which were (at least in my experience) used to tease out a quotation to support ...