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OverviewThis book is essential for anyone interested in knowing how science works nationally and internationally in the contemporary world. It offers a comprehensive analysis of scientific collaboration and its relation to development and the productivity of scientists, with specific reference to South Africa in both the past and the present. Full Product DetailsAuthor: R. SooryamoorthyPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2015 Weight: 0.375kg ISBN: 9781349504725ISBN 10: 1349504726 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 01 January 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Science in Africa and in South Africa: An Historical Review 3. Scientific Collaboration—Towards Conceptual Clarity 4. Research Publications of South African Scientists, 1945-2010 5. Publications through Collaboration 6. Scientific Research in South Africa 7. Communication, Professional Networks and Productivity 8. Collaboration Experience: Portrait of an Eminent Scientist 9. Science and a Model for Scientific CollaborationReviewsThe book draws on considerable empirical material, drawn from national and international quantitative data: historical documents, archival data, bibliometric records of publications ... as well as 200 interviews with scientists and academics. ... The book shows that, in institution-initiated collaboration, individual scientists are again the main actors. ... the book contributes to a better understanding of the current transformations of North-North, North-South, and South-South relations. (Lynda Sifer-Riviere, International Sociology Reviews, Vol. 32 (5), 2018) The first cohesive attempt to provide the empirical weight of evidence to support sociologists' claims and long-held suspicions about knowledge production and scientific advancement being a community initiative ... . should be mandatory reading for policy makers, academics, especially early career academics and anyone with a broad interest in the sociology of knowledge production. ... It is excellent book overall that should find a place in local libraries given its contribution to the sociology of knowledge production in South Africa. (Shaun Ruggunan, South African Review of Sociology, Vol. 47 (2), 2016) The first cohesive attempt to provide the empirical weight of evidence to support sociologists' claims and long-held suspicions about knowledge production and scientific advancement being a community initiative ... . should be mandatory reading for policy makers, academics, especially early career academics and anyone with a broad interest in the sociology of knowledge production. ... It is excellent book overall that should find a place in local libraries given its contribution to the sociology of knowledge production in South Africa. (Shaun Ruggunan, South African Review of Sociology, Vol. 47 (2), 2016) Author InformationR. Sooryamoorthy is Professor of Sociology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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