World Social Science Report 2010 - Knowledge divides
International Social Science Council (ISSC) and co-published with UNESCO 2010
Available online at: http://bit.ly/ibzCIT
“…..Social science from Western countries continues to have the greatest global influence, but the field is expanding rapidly in Asia and Latin America, particularly in
“…..review of the state of the social sciences: how social science knowledge is produced, disseminated and used. The situation of and the conditions for the social sciences – the opportunities and constraints regarding training, research and applications – vary greatly across the world. Hence, the leading theme of this Report became knowledge divides: how social science disciplines are coping and evolving in the face of unequal conditions and diverging trends……”
Contents
Foreword – Irina Bokova (Director-General of UNESCO)
Foreword РPierre San̩ (Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences)
Preface – Gudmund Hernes (President, International Social Science Council)
General introduction (Françoise Caillods and Laurent Jeanpierre)
Chapters
1. Social sciences facing the world
1.1 Social sciences and global challenges
1.2 The view from the regions
2. The institutional geography of social science
3. Unequal capacities
3.1 Dimensions of capacities in social sciences
3.2 Marketization of research
3.3 Brain drain or brain circulation?
3.4 Overcoming the capacity divide
4. Uneven internationalization
5. Homogenizing or pluralizing social sciences?
5.1 Hegemonies and counter-hegemonies
5.2 Tensions between global and local knowledge in practice
6. Disciplinary territories
6.1 Disciplines and their divides
6.2 Crossing disciplinary borders
6.3. Regional variations
7. Competing in the knowledge society
7.1 Global rankings
7.2 Assessment and evaluation of research
7.3 Project funding and agenda-setting
8. Disseminating social sciences
8.1 Social sciences, education and society
8.2 Diffusing and accessing social science knowledge
9. Social sciences and policy-makers
9.1 The political use and abuse of social sciences
9.2 Evidence-based decision-making
9.3 Knowledge brokers and think-tanks
10. Conclusions and future lines of action
Persistent disparities in research capacities
Knowledge fragmentation: one social science? Disciplines apart? Worlds apart?
Knowledge gaps on the state of the social sciences worldwide
Directions for future action
Annexes
Annex 1. Basic statistics on the production of social sciences
Annex 2. Bibliographical databases and repositories
Annex 3. Supplementary figures and tables
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