Seeing the World - How Us Universities Make Knowledge in a Global Era

An in-depth look at why American universities continue to favor U.S.-focused social science research despite efforts to make scholarship more cosmopolitan U.S. research universities have long endeavored to be cosmopolitan places, yet the disciplines of economics, political science, and sociology have remained stubbornly parochial. Despite decades

Info autore

Mitchell L. Stevens is associate professor of education at Stanford University. Cynthia Miller-Idriss is associate professor of education and sociology at American University. Seteney Shami is a program director at the Social Science Research Council and founding director of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences.

Riassunto

An in-depth look at why American universities continue to favor U.S.-focused social science research despite efforts to make scholarship more cosmopolitan U.S. research universities have long endeavored to be cosmopolitan places, yet the disciplines of economics, political science, and sociology have remained stubbornly parochial. Despite decades

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"[Seeing the World] offers a novel perspective to understand the historical and contemporary role of US research universities in shaping and reshaping American and global societies. . . . A must-read book for anyone working or studying within the US higher education system. It will help current students, scholars, and administrators better understand their role within the American university’s knowledge-producing system.—Lipon Mondal, International Journal of Comparative Sociology"

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Miller-Idriss Cynthia, Seteney Shami, Shami Seteney, Mitchell Stevens, Mitchell L. Stevens, Mitchell L. Miller-Idriss Stevens, Mitchell L./ Miller-idriss Stevens, Mitchell Miller-Idriss Stevens
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9780691158693
• ISBN: 978-0-691-15869-3
• Pagine: 184
• Serie: Princeton Studies in Cultural; Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Istruzione; USA, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, United States of America, USA, universities, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher