Spanish academic publishing in sociology -: A critical view

This article analyses the situation of publications in the realm of sociology in Spain. On the one hand, it looks at the development of Spanish sociological production and its public over time in relation to the process of the discipline's institutionalization in the country. On the other hand, it examines comparatively the different editorial sectors that have to do with Spanish sociological work: the commercial, institutional and university sectors. Finally, the article demonstrates that by contrast with the Anglo-Saxon model of editing, Spanish sociological editing suffers from less of an editorial drive for the initiation of projects and the promotion of published works, as well as from less rewarding relationships between authors and editors. This unsatisfying situation is interpreted in relation to certain weaknesses of the Spanish sociological community that can be attributed to the problematic institutionalization of sociology in Spain.