This is a book review we wrote for the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution. In it we compare a socio-political phenomenon that Yale law professor Amy Chua describes with what is happening with scientific research in developing countries and how open-source scientific journals can help ease these tensions.
Marshall, JC and A Ramirez-Bautista. 2004. Politics, science, and global tensions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19: 117-118.