The Global Turn: Theories, Research Designs, and Methods for Global Studies
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (965 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520293037 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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It constructs a comprehensive theoretical framework, research design, and methodology of Global Studies." --Guo Chang-gang, Director, Center for Global Studies, Shanghai University "Reflects the intellectual excitement of Global Studies. Here it is." --Boaventura de Sousa Santos, author of Epistemologies of the South: Justice against Epistemicide "More than a manual of methodologies, this innovative book is a reflectionon the emerging field of Global Studies--what it is, what it can do, and how it can do it. It provides pathways for research for anyone working on issues related to our increasingly global milieu."--Mark Juergensmeyer, editor of Thinking Globally: A Global Studies Reader "Globalization respects no bor
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.
McCarty, Ph.D. is an interdisciplinary scholar in Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. Eve Darian-Smith is Professor and former Chair in Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. Her award-winning publications include Religion, Race, Rights: Landmarks in the History of Modern Anglo-American Law and