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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 368 pages, kõrgus x laius: 254x177 mm, kaal: 620 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 22-Mar-2011
  • Kirjastus: SAGE Publications Inc
  • ISBN-10: 1412982480
  • ISBN-13: 9781412982481
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 368 pages, kõrgus x laius: 254x177 mm, kaal: 620 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 22-Mar-2011
  • Kirjastus: SAGE Publications Inc
  • ISBN-10: 1412982480
  • ISBN-13: 9781412982481
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Interdisciplinary research is a burgeoning field, largely due to its ability to tackle complex problems facing humanity that extend beyond a single disciplinary perspective and require interdisciplinary thinking and research for their resolution.

Case Studies in Interdisciplinary Research successfully applies the model of the interdisciplinary research process outlined by author Allen F. Repko in Interdisciplinary Research (SAGE, ©2008) to a wide spectrum of challenging research questions. Self-contained case studies, written by leaders in the field and utilizing best-practice techniques in conducting interdisciplinary research, show students how to apply the interdisciplinary research process to a variety of problems.

This book, then, 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 xv
Allen F. Repko
Rick Szostak
William H. Newell
Audience xvi
The Research Model xix
Outline of
Chapters		 xx
Part I Introduction xx
Chapter 1 The Interdisciplinary Research Process xx
Part II Drawing on Disciplinary Insights xxi
Chapter 2 Jewish Marriage as an Expression of Israel's Conflicted Identity xxi
Chapter 3 The Metropolitan Problem in Interdisciplinary Perspective xxi
Chapter 4 Mektoub: When Art Meets History, Philosophy, and Linguistics xxii
Part III Approaches to Integration xxii
Chapter 5 Integrating Theory-Based Insights on the Causes of Suicide Terrorism xxii
Chapter 6 An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Causes of Economic Growth xxiii
Chapter 7 Why We Talk: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Evolutionary Origin of Language xxiii
Chapter 8 Understanding Human Action: Integrating Meanings, Mechanisms, Causes, and Contexts xxiv
Chapter 9 Integrative Theory in Criminology Applied to the Complex Social Problem of School Violence xxiv
Chapter 10 Research Integration: A Comparative Knowledge Base xxv
Conclusion xxv
Acknowledgments xxvii
About the Editors xxix
About the Contributors xxxi
PART I INTRODUCTION
1(20)
1 The Interdisciplinary Research Process
3(18)
Rick Szostak
Introduction
3(1)
Should Interdisciplinarians Identify Such a Process?
3(5)
Structure Versus Freedom
4(1)
The Role of Shared Methodologies
5(1)
Revolutionary Versus Normal Science
5(2)
Interdisciplinarity and Training
7(1)
Strategic Interdisciplinarity
7(1)
What Would an Interdisciplinary Research Process Look Like?
8(9)
Interdisciplinary Research: Process and Theory
8(3)
The Ecology of Team Science
11(1)
Integration and Implementation Sciences
12(2)
Types of Interdisciplinarity
14(1)
Transdisciplinary Perspectives
15(2)
Conclusion
17(4)
PART II DRAWING ON DISCIPLINARY INSIGHTS
21(102)
2 Jewish Marriage as an Expression of Israel's Conflicted Identity
23(30)
Marilyn R. Tayler
Introduction
23(1)
Drawing on Disciplinary Insights
24(15)
Step 1 State the Focus Question
24(1)
Step 2 Justify Using an Interdisciplinary Approach
25(1)
Steps 3 and 4 Identify Relevant Disciplines and Conduct a Literature Search
26(2)
Step 5 Develop Adequacy in Each Relevant Discipline
28(1)
Step 6 Analyze the Problem and Evaluate Each Insight Into It
29(1)
The Insights of Religion
30(3)
The Insights of Political Science
33(3)
The Insights of Law
36(3)
Integrating Insights and Producing an Interdisciplinary Understanding
39(10)
Step 7 Identify Conflicts Between Insights and Their Sources
39(1)
Sources of Conflict Within the Same Discipline
40(1)
Sources of Conflict Between Disciplines
40(2)
Step 8 Create or Discover Common Ground
42(1)
Nature and Extent of Conflicts
42(1)
The Discovery/Creation of Common Ground
43(2)
Step 9 Integrate Insights
45(1)
Legal Pragmatism Theory Supported by Covenant Theory as the Basis for Integration
46(2)
Step 10 Produce an Interdisciplinary Understanding of the Problem and Test It
48(1)
Conclusion
49(4)
3 The Metropolitan Problem in Interdisciplinary Perspective
53(38)
Michan Andrew Connor
Introduction
53(3)
Cities and Suburbs: Spatial Framings of Metropolitan Issues
56(6)
Historical Perspectives on Metropolitan Formation
58(1)
Methodological Patterns in Urban and Suburban History
59(1)
Intradisciplinary Debate and the New Suburban History
60(2)
Parallels Between the New Suburban History and Urban History
62(1)
Alternate Spatial Framings in the Social Sciences
62(11)
Metropolitics: Fighting Fragmentation
63(3)
Behavioralism and Public Choice Theory
66(1)
Public Choice Theory and Public Policy
66(1)
Normative and Analytical Critiques of Public Choice Theory
66(3)
Critical Legal Studies: The Power of Local Government and Boundaries
69(2)
The Limits of Social Science Perspectives on Metropolitan Formation
71(2)
The Social Production of Metropolitan Los Angeles
73(10)
Theory, Practice, and Metropolitan Space: The Career of Public Choice Theory in Los Angeles County
74(5)
The Rule of Homes: The Culture of a Public Choice Metropolis
79(2)
The Image of Homes Mediates Political Contradictions
81(1)
Metropolitan Political Conflicts Under Public Choice Theory
81(2)
Conclusion
83(8)
4 Mektoub: When Art Meets History, Philosophy, and Linguistics
91(32)
Mieke Bal
Introduction
91(1)
How to Develop a Research Question
92(6)
The End: Philosophy of Cinema
98(4)
Poetry: A Cinema of Literature
102(4)
Where Are We? Geography of Setting
106(4)
Schizophrenia: Psychiatry of Cinema
110(2)
Tragedy: Ethics of Theater
112(6)
Mektoub
118(2)
Conclusion
120(3)
PART III APPROACHES TO INTEGRATION
123(176)
5 Integrating Theory-Based Insights on the Causes of Suicide Terrorism
125(34)
Allen F. Repko
Introduction
125(1)
Drawing on Disciplinary Insights (Steps 1 to 6)
126(12)
Identifying the Most Relevant Disciplines (Step 3) and Conducting the Full-Scale Literature Search (Step 4)
127(1)
Developing Adequacy in Each Relevant Discipline (Step 5)
128(1)
Analyzing the Problem and Evaluating Each Insight Into It (Step 6)
129(1)
The Theory-Based Insights of Psychology
129(2)
The Theory-Based Insights of Political Science
131(3)
The Theory-Based Insight of Cultural Anthropology
134(1)
The Theory-Based Insight of History
135(1)
A Taxonomy of Theory-Based Insights
136(2)
Integrating Causal Explanations (Steps 7 to 9)
138(15)
Identifying Conflicts in Insights and Locating Their Sources (Step 7)
139(1)
Conflicting Disciplinary Perspectives
139(1)
Conflicting Disciplinary Assumptions
139(1)
Conflicting Disciplinary Theories
140(3)
Summary of These Theories and How Their Assumptions Conflict
143(2)
Creating Common Ground (Step 8)
145(1)
Constructing a More Comprehensive Understanding (Step 9)
145(7)
A Statement of the More Comprehensive Theory Itself
152(1)
Lessons for Interdisciplinary Practice
153(1)
The Final Step (Step 10)
154(1)
Conclusion
155(4)
6 An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Causes of Economic Growth
159(32)
Rick Szostak
Introduction
159(1)
Identify an Interdisciplinary Research Question
160(1)
Identifying Relevant Phenomena, Theories, Methods, and Disciplines
161(5)
Evaluating Disciplinary Insights
166(2)
Creating Common Ground
168(18)
The Proximate Causes Themselves
170(1)
Trade and Growth
171(2)
Technology and Growth
173(1)
Institutions
174(5)
Culture and Growth
179(2)
Networks
181(2)
Social Structure
183(1)
Community Development
183(1)
Emergent Properties
184(1)
Lessons for Interdisciplinary Practice
185(1)
Reflection and Communication
186(1)
Conclusion
187(4)
7 Why We Talk: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Evolutionary Origin of Language
191(34)
Ria van der Lecq
Introduction
191(1)
Beginning the Research Process (Steps 1 to 4)
191(3)
Framing the Research Question (Step 1)
191(1)
Justifying an Interdisciplinary Approach (Step 2)
192(1)
Identifying Relevant Disciplines (Step 3) and Conducting an In-Depth Literature Search (Step 4)
192(2)
Drawing on Disciplinary Insights on the Primary Function of Language (Steps 5 to 6)
194(16)
Developing Adequacy in Each Relevant Discipline (Step 5)
194(1)
Evaluating Disciplinary Insights (Step 6)
195(1)
The Theory of Evolution
196(2)
Contemporary Theories
198(12)
Integrating Insights and Producing an Interdisciplinary Understanding (Steps 7 to 10)
210(11)
Identifying Conflicts Between Insights and Their Sources (Step 7)
212(1)
A Taxonomy of Conflicting Insights
213(2)
Conflicting Concepts
215(1)
Conflicting Assumptions
215(1)
Creating Common Ground (Step 8)
216(1)
Creating Common Ground Using Concepts
216(1)
Creating Common Ground Using Assumptions
217(1)
Integrating Disciplinary Insights (Step 9)
218(1)
An Interdisciplinary Understanding of the Primary Function of Language (Step 10)
219(2)
Lessons for Interdisciplinary Practice
221(1)
Conclusion
222(3)
8 Understanding Human Action: Integrating Meanings, Mechanisms, Causes, and Contexts
225(34)
Machiel Keestra
Introduction
225(2)
Mechanism-Based Explanation in Brief
227(3)
Drawing on Disciplinary Insights (Steps 1 to 6)
230(15)
Defining the Problem: Decomposition of Action Understanding
231(2)
Justify Using an Interdisciplinary Approach: Action Understanding as a Multilevel Phenomenon
233(2)
Identify Disciplines Most Relevant to the Mechanism-Based Approach
235(3)
Conduct an In-Depth Literature Search
238(1)
Develop Adequacy Concerning the Relevant Components, Operations, and Interactions of the Mechanism
239(4)
Analyze the Phenomenon and Evaluate Each Insight Into It
243(2)
Integrating Insights (Steps 7 to 10)
245(10)
Identify Conflicts Between Insights and Locate Their Sources
246(2)
Create or Discover Common Ground via a Mechanism
248(2)
Integrate Insights Into a Mechanism-Based Explanation
250(2)
Produce a Mechanism-Based Explanation of Human Action Understanding and Test It
252(3)
Conclusion
255(4)
9 Integrative Theory in Criminology Applied to the Complex Social Problem of School Violence
259(24)
Stuart Henry
Nicole L. Bracy
Introduction
259(1)
Creating Common Ground(s) and a Comprehensive Understanding in Criminology
260(10)
Conceptual Integration
263(2)
Propositional Integration
265(3)
Causal Integration
268(1)
Cross-Level Integration
269(1)
Toward an Integrated Analysis of Violence and School Violence
270(2)
Violence as a Complex Problem
270(2)
Integrative Theory in Criminology as an Explanation of Violence/School Violence
272(2)
Integrative Analysis of School Violence as a Cumulative Reciprocal Causal Process
274(3)
Conclusion
277(6)
10 Research Integration: A Comparative Knowledge Base
283(16)
Julie Thompson Klein
Historical Beginnings
284(2)
Transdisciplinarity and the Shift to Complexity and Problem Solving
286(2)
Means of Integration
288(2)
Lessons From TDR Integration
290(3)
Conclusion
293(6)
1 The Principle of Variance
293(1)
No Universal Formula for Integration
293(1)
2 The Principle of Platforming
294(1)
Interaction Structure, Integration Potential, Fundament
294(1)
3 The Principle of Iteration
294(1)
Moving Back and Forth, Bootstrapping, Triangulation, Reflective Balance, and Weaving
294(1)
4 The Principle of Communicative Rationality
295(1)
Shared Language Culture, Social Learning, Translation-Negotiation-Mediation, Intersubjectivity
295(4)
CONCLUSION
299(16)
William H. Newell
Introduction
299(1)
Interdisciplinary Research Process Across the Academy
300(1)
Conceptions of Interdisciplinarity Across the Academy
301(2)
Modifications to the Interdisciplinary Process
303(2)
Operationalizing the Interdisciplinary Process
305(6)
Meta-Discussions of Interdisciplinary Research Process
311(2)
Conclusion
313(2)
Author Index 315(6)
Subject Index 321
Allen F. Repko, PhD, is the former director of the interdisciplinary studies program in the School of Urban and Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he developed and taught the programs core curriculum for many years. The program is one of the largest in the United States. Repko has written extensively on all aspects of interdisciplinary studies, has twice served as coeditor of the interdisciplinary journal Issues in Integrative Studies, and has served on the board of the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS).











William H. Newell is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies Miami University (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) where he has been directing the two-semester 10-credit senior project workshop since 1995. He has edited two books, including the foundational Interdisciplinarity Essays from the Literature, and two special issues of journals. He has published over 30 articles and chapters on interdisciplinary studies, with seminal contributions to the theory and practice of interdisciplinarity recognized in his receipt of the Kenneth E. Boulding Award. Newell has served as consultant or external evaluator on interdisciplinary higher education over 100 times. The founding president of the Association for Integrative Studies in 1979, he has served since 1983 first as its Secretary-Treasurer and then as Executive Director.

Rick Szostak, PhD, is professor and chair of economics at the University of Alberta, where he has taught for 34 years. He is the author of a dozen books and 50 articles, all of an interdisciplinary nature. Several of his publications address how to do interdisciplinary research, teach interdisciplinary courses, administer interdisciplinary programs, or organize information in order to facilitate interdisciplinarity. As an associate dean, he created the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Alberta, the Science, Technology and Society program, an individualized major, and two courses about interdisciplinarity. He has twice served as coeditor of the interdisciplinary journal Issues in Integrative Studies. He was president of the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS) from 2011 to 2014. He can be contacted at rszostak@ualberta.ca.