ACADEMIC DEPENDENCY IN SOCIAL: Structural Reality & Intellectual Changes - Hardcover

SINHAKERKHOFF, KATHI

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8173048940 ISBN 13: 9788173048944

Publisher: Manohar Publishers (IND), 2010

Synopsis

This book deals with the academic dependency of scholars variously positioned in the South. All contributors to this book acknowledge that though place might play a different role in the contemporary globalised world, yet the location of people have not become irrelevant. However, there is limited knowledge about the impact of place among academicians differently located in the South and of the costs and benefits of academic globalisation. The main purpose of this book therefore is to increase our knowledge about the net result of such a calculus today for various regions in the South. Though all scholars in this book look upon academic dependency as a problem, there are differences of opinion as to what constitutes academic dependency, what its manifestations are, and how we may cope with academic dependency. The papers in this volume deal with two major differences or levels of the problem of academic dependency, that is, the theoretical and practical. The editors think it is essential that academic dependency be understood and dealt with along these two levels as this will enable us to appreciate the magnitude of the problem and seriously consider the options available to us as we consider measures to overcome academic dependency.

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About the Author

Kathinka Sinha-Kerkhoff: was Director Research at the Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI) till 2010. She obtained her Ph.D. from the Centre of Asian Studies in Amsterdam (CASA). She resides in Ranchi (India) and is currently finishing a book on the social history of tobacco in Bihar.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manohar Publishers (IND)
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8173048940
• ISBN 13: 9788173048944
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1