Plagiarism in all its Disguises

Using sentences or paragraphs from someone else, without using quotation marks, but with proper acknowledgement.

Original

The complexity of the current global economy has to do with certain fundamental disjunctures between economy, culture and politics which we have barely begun to theorise.

Plagiarised

The complexity of the current global economy has to do with certain fundamental disjunctures between economy, culture and politics which we have barely begun to theorise (Appardurai 1999, p. 221).

Acceptable

"The complexity of the current global economy has to do with certain fundamental disjunctures between economy, culture and politics which we have barely begun to theorise" (Appadurai 1999, p. 221).

What makes it acceptable?

• Uses quotation marks to indicate that both words and ideas have been borrowed from the original source.
• The sentence taken from the original remains unchanged.
• A correct citation is provided.