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‘Globalizing’ academics? Ranking and appropriation in the transformations of the world-system

John WelshDepartment of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 126-145 | Published online: 09 Jul 2019

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