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 Laws and Societies in Global Contexts: Contemporary Approaches. Philip C. McCarty is Lecturer in Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. His recent publications include Integrated Perspectives in Global Studies, "Communicating Global Perspectives" in Global Europe: Basel Papers on Europe in a Global Perspective and "Globalizing Legal History" in Rechtsgeschichte.

• List of FiguresForeword1. Global Studies as a New Field of Inquiry2. Why Is Global Studies Important?3. A Global Theoretical Framework4. Global Research Design5. Global Methods and Methodologies6. A Global Case Study Method7. Examples of Global Studies ResearchConclusionAppendix A. A Global Case Study OutlineAppendix B. List of Global Studies JournalsReferencesIndex

"The Global Turn can be read as a manifesto of global studies; why it is important, and why one should study it, and why universities and academic establishments must embrace it. The authors provide forceful arguments on behalf of global studies, a transdisciplinary program that overcomes the limitations of traditional discipline based academic subjects."

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 Laws and Societies in Global Contexts: Contemporary Approaches. Philip C. McCarty is Lecturer in Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. His recent publications include Integrated Perspectives in Global Studies, "Communicating Global Perspectives" in Global Europe: Basel Papers on Europe in a Global Perspective and "Globalizing Legal History" in Rechtsgeschichte.

• List of FiguresForeword1. Global Studies as a New Field of Inquiry2. Why Is Global Studies Important?3. A Global Theoretical Framework4. Global Research Design5. Global Methods and Methodologies6. A Global Case Study Method7. Examples of Global Studies ResearchConclusionAppendix A. A Global Case Study OutlineAppendix B. List of Global Studies JournalsReferencesIndex

"The Global Turn can be read as a manifesto of global studies; why it is important, and why one should study it, and why universities and academic establishments must embrace it. The authors provide forceful arguments on behalf of global studies, a transdisciplinary program that overcomes the limitations of traditional discipline based academic subjects."

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 Laws and Societies in Global Contexts: Contemporary Approaches. Philip C. McCarty is Lecturer in Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. His recent publications include Integrated Perspectives in Global Studies, "Communicating Global Perspectives" in Global Europe: Basel Papers on Europe in a Global Perspective and "Globalizing Legal History" in Rechtsgeschichte.

• List of FiguresForeword1. Global Studies as a New Field of Inquiry2. Why Is Global Studies Important?3. A Global Theoretical Framework4. Global Research Design5. Global Methods and Methodologies6. A Global Case Study Method7. Examples of Global Studies ResearchConclusionAppendix A. A Global Case Study OutlineAppendix B. List of Global Studies JournalsReferencesIndex

"The Global Turn can be read as a manifesto of global studies; why it is important, and why one should study it, and why universities and academic establishments must embrace it. The authors provide forceful arguments on behalf of global studies, a transdisciplinary program that overcomes the limitations of traditional discipline based academic subjects."