Neoliberal co-optation, power relations and informality in the Balkan International Relations profession
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2020
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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 standar...ds, 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.
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epistemic dependency / Global IR / higher education reforms / informality / the BalkansИзвор:
International Relations, 2020, 34, 1, 84-104Издавач:
- Sage Publications Ltd, London
Финансирање / пројекти:
- COST Action Professionalization and Social Impact of European Political Science - PROSEPS [CA15207]
DOI: 10.1177/0047117819897303
ISSN: 0047-1178
WoS: 000507043500001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85077363945
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FPNTY - 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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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 . .