Introduction: Traditional Expertise The concept of expertise and the associated experts themselves play a central role in modern organizations. Whenever a problem arises an almost automatic response triggers us to seek out the relevant expert who, given their superior credentials, will solve the problem at hand. The entire consultancy industry relies heavily on this unquestioned institutionalis...

Throughout the last two decades, discussions around “post-hegemony” have stimulated exchanges different theorizations of “hegemony” and their limits – not only one by Antonio Gramsci, but also predominantly discursive reformulation put forward Laclau & Mouffe. Very recently, a new article Peter Thomas on post-hegemony (2020) is triggering debates issue. In this paper, Thomas’s contribution ...

The Sections on Statistical Graphics and Computing of the American Association have a long history issuing Data Challenges with first one starting in 1982/1983. challenge is now an annual event where most them use data collected disseminated by U.S. government. set for 2016 Challenge was Department Transportation’s General Estimates System. GES National Highway Transportation Safety Administrat...

Using Jordan's concept of authoritative knowledge, this article describes some of the ways that the prenatal care practices of a group of U.S. women help to consolidate biomedical hegemony. We analyze the considerations that the women took into account when deciding whether or not to accept specific prenatal care recommendations as authoritative, focusing on when and how they used their own "em...

The book by Radhika Desai titled Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire and part of The Future of World Capitalism book series, represents a profound introspection, as well as an overview of the most important politico-economic relations in the world, from the late-19thcentury until the current period. This book deconstructs common myths present in the mainstream lite...