The global turn : theories, research designs, and methods for global studies / Eve Darian-Smith and Philip C. McCarty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darian-Smith, Eve, 1963- author.

McCarty, Philip C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Study and teaching.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xiv, 267 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]

Summary:

The ability to deploy interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives that speak to interconnected global dimensions is critical if one's work is to be relevant and applicable to the emerging global-scale issues of our time. The Global Turn is a guide for students and scholars across all areas of the social sciences and humanities who wish to embark on global-studies research projects. The authors demonstrate how the global can be studied from a local perspective and vice versa. They show how global processes manifest at multiple levels-transnational, regional, national, and local-all of which are interconnected and mutually constitutive. This book takes readers through the steps of thinking like a global scholar in theoretical, methodological, and practical terms, and it explains the implications of global perspectives for research design. Book jacket.

Contents:

Global studies as a new field of inquiry

Why is global studies important?

A global theoretical framework

Global research design

Global methods and methodologies

A global case study method

Examples of global studies research

Conclusion : decentering the production of global knowledge

Appendix A : global case study outline

Appendix B : list of global studies journals.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Darian-Smith, Eve, 1963- Global turn.

ISBN:

9780520293021

0520293029

9780520293038

0520293037

OCLC:

965154195