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Universally Comprehensible, Arrogantly Local

South African Labour Studies from the Apartheid Era into the New Millennium

By: Wiebke Keim

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Universally Comprehensible, Arrogantly Local

South African Labour Studies from the Apartheid Era into the New Millennium

By: Wiebke Keim

From the perspective of the international scholarly community under North Atlantic domination, South Africa might look like a peripheral place of knowledge production. In recent years, a plethora of voices calling for provincializing Europe, for deconstructing Eurocentrism and for adopting post- and decolonial perspectives have challenged such views. They have partly transformed the academic landscape, but have had limited success in challenging the fundamental global divides in production, circulation and recognition of social scientific knowledge. This book chooses a different take on the question of how North Atlantic domination could be challenged, by conceptualizing counter-hegemonic currents in international sociology. Instead of providing theoretical and deconstructive critiques, counter-hegemonic currents are effective through collective social scientific practice: the production of data, knowledge and texts, of new generations of scholars, the interaction with extra-university actors, leading to the gradual emergence of integrated and productive scientific communities. Their orientation towards local arenas of discussion and production of socially relevant research effectively reduces the belief in the hegemony of the North. The historical development of South African labour studies is a case in point. This study provides a systematic, in-depth analysis of research and teaching activities, networks with extra-academic actors and international cooperation over time in the three major Labour Studies centres: Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. It draws on a rich variety of material, including annual reports of research centres and labour service organizations, teaching contents and exam questions, the 1974-2003 volumes of the “South African Labour Bulletin” and newsletters of ISA Research Committee 44 on Labour Movements. Qualitative analysis of four seminal books is used to assess their contribution to original, general theory-building. In-depth interviews with Labour Studies representatives complement the analysis of documents and literature by reconstructing the oral history of this scholarly community, an indispensable source given that many debates could not appear in written form or had to be watered during the Apartheid years. The study concludes that over time, South African social scientists have generated knowledge on labour, industry and trade unions that is universally comprehensible, but arrogantly local.

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2813001821

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Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences

Made in Circulation

By: Wiebke Keim,Ercüment Çelik,Veronika Wöhrer

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Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences

Made in Circulation

By: Wiebke Keim,Ercüment Çelik,Veronika Wöhrer

An innovative contribution to debates on the internationalization and globalization of the social sciences, this book pays particular attention to their theoretical and epistemological reconfiguration in the light of postcolonial critiques and critiques of Eurocentrism. Bringing together theoretical contributions and empirical case studies from around the world, including India, the Americas, South Africa, Australia and Europe, it engages in debates concerning public sociology and explores South-South research collaborations specific to the social sciences. Contributions transcend established critiques of Eurocentrism to make space for the idea of global social sciences and truly transnational research. Thematically arranged and both international and interdisciplinary in scope, this volume reflects the different theoretical and thematic backgrounds of the contributing authors, who enter into dialogue and debate with one another in the development of a more inclusive, more representative and more theoretically relevant stage for the social sciences. A rigorous critique of the contemporary state of the social sciences as well as an attempt to find another way of doing transnational sociology, Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences will appeal to scholars of sociology, political science and social theory with interests in the production of social scientific knowledge, postcolonialism and transnationalism in research.

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1317127692

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Surgery On Call, Fourth Edition

By: Alan Lefor,Leonard Gomella,Eric Wiebke,Douglas Fraker

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Surgery On Call, Fourth Edition

By: Alan Lefor,Leonard Gomella,Eric Wiebke,Douglas Fraker

The ON CALL Series *Concise and portable for “on-the-spot” treatment advice *Comprehensive overview of the initial evaluation and treatment *Features the most frequently encountered problems in a specialty *Includes laboratory and diagnostic tests, procedures, and commonly used medications *Perfect for residents and students on the wards Over 80 of the most common internal medicine problems. Thoroughly revised to reflect current practices and treatment options.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071402543

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Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences

Made in Circulation

By: Wiebke Keim,Ercüment Çelik,Veronika Wöhrer

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Universally Comprehensible, Arrogantly Local

South African Labour Studies from the Apartheid Era into the New Millennium

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South African Labour Studies from the Apartheid Era into the New Millennium

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Universally Comprehensible, Arrogantly Local

Universally Comprehensible, Arrogantly Local

Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences

Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences

Surgery On Call, Fourth Edition

Surgery On Call, Fourth Edition

Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences

Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences

Universally Comprehensible, Arrogantly Local

Universally Comprehensible, Arrogantly Local

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