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Research Methods (General)
March 2011 | 368 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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This book is intended as a "stand alone" volume that (1) demonstrates the need for using an explicitly interdisciplinary approach to problems that span multiple disciplines, (2) applies interdisciplinary theory and best practices to a particular set of problems, (3) shows the importance of first creating common ground among conflicting expert views before performing integration, and (4) produces new understandings of these problems that are practical, purposeful, and deeply informed by disciplinary expertise.
 
Preface
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Editors
 
About the Contributors
 
Part I. Introduction
Rick Szostak
Chapter 1. The Interdisciplinary Research Process
Rick Szostak

 
 
Part II. Drawing on Disciplinary Insights
 
Chapter 2. Jewish Marriage as an Expression of Israel's Conflicted Identity
Marilyn R. Tayler

 
Michan Andrew Connor
Chapter 3. The Metropolitan Problem in Interdisciplinary Perspective
Michan Andrew Connor

 
Mieke Bal
Chatper 4. Mektoub: When Art Meets History, Philosophy, and Linguistics
Mieke Bal

 
 
Part III. Approaches to Integration
 
Chapter 5. Integrating Theory-Based Insights on the Causes of Suicide Terrorism
Allen F. Repko

 
Rick Szostak
Chapter 6. An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Causes of Economic Growth
Rick Szostak

 
 
Chapter 7. Why We Talk: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Evolutionary Origin of Language
Ria van der Lecq

 
Machiel Keestra
Chapter 8. Understanding Human Action: Integrating Meanings, Mechanisms, Causes, and Contexts
Machiel Keestra

 
Stuart Henry and Nicole L. Bracy
Chapter 9. Integrative Theory in Criminology Applied to the Complex Social Problem of School Violence
Stuart Henry and Nicole L. Bracy

 
Julie Thompson Klein
Chapter 10. Research Integration: A Comparative Knowledge Base
Julie Thompson Klein

 
 
Conclusion
William H. Newell

 
 
Author Index
 
Subject Index

Interesting text in that it is really more or less an analysis/exploration of several case studies, each of which provides a different lens by which to view how one wishes to proceed in an interdisciplinary approach to conducting case studies. A great read in of itself, but not a "text book" per se, at least not in the way that I require. Still, very informative.

Mr Lukas Kane Skulmoski
Vocational Education , Okanagan College-Kelowna
August 31, 2016
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Case studies are appropriate and a "hands-on" way to demonstrate theory and method in interdisciplinary research today.

Mr DOUGLAS ANDERSON
Humanities Fine Arts Dept, Front Range Community College
December 11, 2014
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Prefer Repko's Methods text as it covers foundation for all students. This text is level above what my students can "digest".

Dr Sara Northerner
Interdisciplinary Studies Dept, Western Kentucky University
September 17, 2013
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This compliments Repko's earlier book Interdisciplinary Research and provides examples that demonstrates the interconnectedness of using multiple disciplines in Leadership..

Professor Carol Nepton
Doctor of Arts Program, Franklin Pierce University
March 30, 2011
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