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Author Darian-Smith, Eve, 1963- author.

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

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
©2017

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 ar.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Globalization -- Study and teaching.
Globalization.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author McCarty, Philip C., author.
Other Form: Print version: Darian-Smith, Eve, 1963- Global turn. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520293021 (DLC) 2016053763
ISBN 9780520966307 (electronic book)
0520966309 (electronic book)
9780520293021 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0520293037
9780520293038
0520293029