Centers and Peripheries in Knowledge Production

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-415-84079-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 538 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Sociology

This book examines the circulation of knowledge within globalization, focusing on the differences between centers and peripheries of knowledge production in the social sciences. It explores not only how knowledge is appropriated in peripheral fields but also how foreign ideas shape those fields and the trajectories of scholars, and uses actor-network theory to explain circulation of knowledge as an extension of socio-technical networks that transcend borders.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rodriguez Medina, Leandro

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1.Understanding the Circulation of Knowledge 2.A Qualitative Approach to Scientific Fields in the Social Sciences 3.Training Scientists in Networked Scientific Fields: Argentine Political Scientists in the Making 4.Getting Started: The Beginning of Academic Careers in Argentine Political Science and Their Relationship with Foreign Fields 5. Towards a Plurality of Translations: Consolidation and Success in an Academic Career in Argentine Political Science and Relationships with Metropolitan Foreign Fields. Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Leandro Rodriguez Medina isAssociate Professor at theDepartment of International Relations and Political Science at Universidad de las Americas Puebla. He is also Affiliated Researcher at the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, and part of the Cambridge team in the research project "International Cooperation in the Social Sciences & Humanities," which is part of the 7th Research Framework Programme of the European Union.