Over recent decades we have witnessed the globalization of research. However, this has yet
to translate into a worldwide scientific network, across which competencies and resources
can flow freely. Arab countries have strived to join this globalized world and become a
'knowledge economy,'yet little time has been invested in the region's fragmented scientific
institutions; institutions that should provide opportunities for individuals to step out on the
global stage. Knowledge Production in the Arab World investigates research practices in the …

Zusammenfassung Knowledge Production in the Arab World provides a wealth of vital and
useful insights on the dynamics of research in the Arab region. This meticulously well-
researched volume is an inside look at what goes on behind the doors of Arab universities,
research centers, and policy-makers' saloons to find" exits" or possible ways out of the
current research impasse. The book authored by Sari Hanafi, a professor of sociology at
AUB, and Rigas Arvanitis, a sociologist at IRD, detects what render a research in the Arab …