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The Rise of Global Science and the Emerging Political Economy of International Research Collaborations 1
Author(s) -
PETERS MICHAEL A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1465-3435
pISSN - 0141-8211
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-3435.2006.00257.x
Subject(s) - sketch , political science , politics , global politics , international relations , political economy , social science , economy , regional science , sociology , economics , computer science , law , algorithm
This article charts the rise of global science and a global science infrastructure as part of the emerging international knowledge system exemplifying a geography of knowledge and the importance of new info‐communications networks. The article theorises the rise of global science, which still strongly reflects a Western bias and is highly nationalistic, in terms of an historical account that sketches three ‘moments’— classical science, colonial science, ‘big’ science. The historical sketch is a basis against which to raise questions about the emerging political economy of international research collaborations.