This paper develops Epistemic Clientelism Theory, analysing how academic institutions systematically delegate epistemic agency through clientelist exchange. It diagnoses fiduciary breaches, democratic failures, and epistemic injustices, and proposes fiduciary-epistemic governance reforms to restore autonomy and accountability.
corruption political-epistemology fiduciary-theory epistemic-marginalisation institutional-governance epistemic-justice democratic-epistemology epistemic-clientelism epistemic-clientelism-theory epistemic-autonomy knowledge-politics epistemic-agency fiduciary-governance fiduciary-accountability academic-conformity academic-gatekeeping scholarly-authenticity script-theory
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Oct 9, 2025