Academic knowledge production and the global South questioning inequality and under-representation /
This book investigates and critically interprets the underrepresentation of the global South in global knowledge production. The author analyses the serious bias towards scholars and institutions from this region: he argues that this phenomenon causes serious disadvantages not only for authors and i...
| Main Author: | Demeter, M. Attila, |
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| Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2020]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xviii, 195 pages) : illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The stories are written by the victors : theoretical considerations
- 3. The dynamics behind the problem of inequality : the world-system of global inequality in knowledge production
- 4.The rise of the Global South
- 5. Collecting academic capital
- 6. Gatekeepers of knowledge dissemination : inequality in journal editorial boards
- 7. Global academia and reeducation
- 8. Technical appendix.