New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2009. Anthropologists, political scientists, literary scholars, economists, historians, and philosophers don't share the same standards. But they must decide: Is the research original and important? Brave, or glib? Timely, or merely trendy? Pro-diversity or interdisciplinary enough? Lamont aims to illuminate the confidential process of evaluation and to push the gatekeepers to both better understand and perform their role.