This book deals with the academic dependency of scholars variously positioned in
the South. All contributors to this book acknowledge that though place might
play a different role in the contemporary globalized world, the location of
people have not become irrelevant. However, there is limited knowledge about the
impact of place among academicians differently located in the South and of the
costs and benefits of academic globalization. The main purpose of this book
therefore is to increase knowledge about the net result of such a calculus today
for various regions in the South. Though all scholars in this book look upon
academic dependency as a problem, there