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The world-systemic network of global elite sociology: the western male monoculture at faculties of the top one-hundred sociology departments of the world

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  • Marton Demeter

    (National University of Public Service)

  • Tamas Toth

    (Corvinus University)

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In this paper, we analyze the educational paths and networks of core staff members (n = 3325) of the world’s top 100 sociology departments. Results show that a significant overrepresentation of central countries and considerable gender bias can be found throughout sociology departments with strong male dominance in high positions. By using an improved word-systemic model for the interpretation of our data, we were able to categorize the main agents and patients in the world-system of global elite sociology, and we could also describe those centripetal and centrifugal forces that absorb and reeducate peripheral talent while excluding those without Western reeducation.

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  • Marton Demeter & Tamas Toth, 2020. "The world-systemic network of global elite sociology: the western male monoculture at faculties of the top one-hundred sociology departments of the world," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 124(3), pages 2469-2495, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:124:y:2020:i:3:d:10.1007_s11192-020-03563-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-020-03563-w
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