| Summary: | `titrebSummary. For a Centre-Periphery Model in the Social Sciences. Problematic aspects of international relations in the Social Sciences`/titrebThis paper deals with global hierarchies and inequalities in the production and diffusion of sociological knowledge in a North-South perspective. A centre-periphery-model is proposed in order to apprehend these inequalities. The explanation of the worldwide unequal distribution of the social sciences has to be a historical one in the first place: The modern social sciences emerged in Europe first. Their exogenous origin in the countries of the South represents a problem at several levels until today. The conceptualisation of a centre-periphery-model allows for an analytical distinction of three dimensions: the dimension of infrastructure and internal organization remains strongly determined by extra-academic factors, whereas the dimension of conditions of existence and reproduction and the dimension of international position and recognition refer to intra-academic problems. Some empirical indicators regarding the dimension of marginality are presented. If it appears relevant to establish a centre-periphery-model in order to apprehend the structures in international sociology, it is also very important to highlight, in a more optimistic perspective, diverse developments that challenge the historical hegemony of north-atlantic approaches today. `titrebRésumé`/titrebCet article a pour objet les inégalités et les hiérarchies globales dans la production et la diffusion des connaissances sociologiques dans une perspective Sud-Nord. Il propose un modèle centre-périphérie pour appréhender ces inégalités. L’explication de l’inégale distribution doit avoir en premier lieu un caractère historique : les sciences sociales modernes ont émergé d’abord en Europe. Leur origine exogène dans les pays du Sud pose encore aujourd’hui des problèmes à plusieurs niveaux. La conceptualisation proposée d’un modèle centre-périphérie permet d’en distinguer analytiquement trois dimensions : la ...
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