While disciplines have always had extensions,
branches and paths that would enable
a passage to the other areas of
inquiry, the organization of disciplinary
knowledge began showing a decisive
shift in the 1970s. To start, this had consequences
for the neatly stacked divisions
of disciplines within the academic
institutions. Moreover, such reorganization
was also instrumental in reducing
the distance between the ‘pure’ and ‘applied’
research, and between research,
advocacy and policy. The changed landscape
of knowledge production over the
course of the last three decades has led to
the formation of new disciplines and
methods that have flourished on the borders
of traditional disciplines. The book
under review represents the post-1980s
moment in knowledge production that is
built on deliberate crossing over of disciplines
in order to privilege solutions,
making policy impact and supporting
multiple ways to achieve effective intervention
