The Global Turn

"Eve Darian-Smith and Phillip McCarty have given us a major new contribution to the study of the global. Among the core elements are negotiating multiple forms of knowledge, decentering the production of global knowledge, and recognizing non-Western epistemologies. This is a must-read."--Saskia Sassen, author of Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy "Erudite and accessible, The Global Turn offers a masterful delineation of the growing transdisciplinary field of Global Studies. Most importantly, Darian-Smith and McCarty's pathbreaking presentation of the theories, methods, and training relevant to Global Studies clarifies what it means to engage in global research. This is an indispensable guide to a better understanding of the new forms of global interdependence that shape our fast-paced world in the twenty-first century."--Manfred B. Steger, Professor of Sociology, University of Hawai'i-Manoa and Honorary Professor of Global Studies, RMIT University (Melbourne)