TY  - JOUR
AU  - Džuverović, Nemanja
AU  - Tepšić, Goran
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/780
AB  - The article attempts to assess the importance of informal networks in achieving internationally recognised academic standards set in four Balkan countries by the reform of higher education institutions and the International Relations (IR) profession in particular. Starting from the core-periphery division of the Global IR, the authors are examining the results of these reforms by focusing on the neoliberalisation of the university and the professional subordination of peripheral IR communities to the Western-dominated epistemic community (including 'brain drain' and recruitment of 'organic' intellectuals). Based on the interviews conducted with Balkan IR scholars, the authors conclude that informality is viewed as social capital, that is, a means of acquiring benefits by virtue of personal ties with the 'gatekeepers' of core IR. In that respect, interviewees suggest three possible solutions for overcoming the epistemic dependence of the Balkan IR community: development of local standards, stimulation of critical approach and better preparation for international standards, while the authors of the article also propose the fourth possibility: abandoning the core-periphery division, and thinking beyond geopolitical and geocultural divisions - the main idea behind the Global IR project.
PB  - Sage Publications Ltd, London
T2  - International Relations
T1  - Neoliberal co-optation, power relations and informality in the Balkan International Relations profession
EP  - 104
IS  - 1
SP  - 84
VL  - 34
DO  - 10.1177/0047117819897303
ER  - 

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author = "Džuverović, Nemanja and Tepšić, Goran",
year = "2020",
abstract = "The article attempts to assess the importance of informal networks in achieving internationally recognised academic standards set in four Balkan countries by the reform of higher education institutions and the International Relations (IR) profession in particular. Starting from the core-periphery division of the Global IR, the authors are examining the results of these reforms by focusing on the neoliberalisation of the university and the professional subordination of peripheral IR communities to the Western-dominated epistemic community (including 'brain drain' and recruitment of 'organic' intellectuals). Based on the interviews conducted with Balkan IR scholars, the authors conclude that informality is viewed as social capital, that is, a means of acquiring benefits by virtue of personal ties with the 'gatekeepers' of core IR. In that respect, interviewees suggest three possible solutions for overcoming the epistemic dependence of the Balkan IR community: development of local standards, stimulation of critical approach and better preparation for international standards, while the authors of the article also propose the fourth possibility: abandoning the core-periphery division, and thinking beyond geopolitical and geocultural divisions - the main idea behind the Global IR project.",
publisher = "Sage Publications Ltd, London",
journal = "International Relations",
title = "Neoliberal co-optation, power relations and informality in the Balkan International Relations profession",
pages = "104-84",
number = "1",
volume = "34",
doi = "10.1177/0047117819897303"
}

Džuverović, N.,& Tepšić, G.. (2020). Neoliberal co-optation, power relations and informality in the Balkan International Relations profession. in International Relations
Sage Publications Ltd, London., 34(1), 84-104.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0047117819897303

Džuverović N, Tepšić G. Neoliberal co-optation, power relations and informality in the Balkan International Relations profession. in International Relations. 2020;34(1):84-104.
doi:10.1177/0047117819897303 .

Džuverović, Nemanja, Tepšić, Goran, "Neoliberal co-optation, power relations and informality in the Balkan International Relations profession" in International Relations, 34, no. 1 (2020):84-104,
https://doi.org/10.1177/0047117819897303 . .