Centers and Peripheries in Knowledge Production

Leandro Rodriguez Medina is Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations and Political Science at Universidad de las Americas Puebla. He is also Affiliated Researcher at the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, and part of the Cambridge team in the research project "International Cooperation in the Social Sciences & Humanities," which is part of the 7th Research Framework Programme of the European Union.

• Introduction 1.Understanding the Circulation of Knowledge 2.A Qualitative Approach to Scientific Fields in the Social Sciences 3.Training Scientists in Networked Scientific Fields: Argentine Political Scientists in the Making 4.Getting Started: The Beginning of Academic Careers in Argentine Political Science and Their Relationship with Foreign Fields 5. Towards a Plurality of Translations: Consolidation and Success in an Academic Career in Argentine Political Science and Relationships with Metropolitan Foreign Fields. Conclusions.

"This is a truly interesting and worthwhile case study, introducing a number of new interpretive ideas as well as data of broader relevance. It shows that the relation between the centre and the periphery is not one simply of one-way domination, but that characteristics of the periphery also contribute to its continuing status, though social-science graduates from the periphery can sometimes use foreign relations to structure their own careers."- Jennifer Platt, University of Sussex, International Sociology