Students:Globalisation 2010/2011 Case Studies

What is Globalization?

 * Introduction: Globalization on Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
 * Globalization in brief: Global Transformations web or educational materials from the Levin Institute
 * Globalisation in depth: Globalisation 2009/2010 Themes (educational materials by the Charles University - selected topics)


 * Latest news from The Globalization website
 * EU perspective

What is case study?
We will use one of the "misunderstandings" that relate to case study method of research:

"The case study is most useful for generating hypotheses, whereas other methods are more suitable for hypotheses testing and theory building."

But of course, this a well developed method in teaching, and we will use some of its principles for joint work (see below).

Writing assistant

 * Case study development
 * Blank page template with relevant instructions
 * Reading manual
 * Writing manual

Work with resources - practical tools

 * Use e.g. Google scholar to find reliable resources
 * This is not the only possibility, you can use any other search engine, see the List of academic databases and search engines!
 * Every library has its own information retrieval system (Charles University students can use "Central Search Tool"
 * Use Zotero for management of your citations with Zotero (helps you save the citation in required format)
 * There are many other available softwares, see the List of reference management software!
 * Assess quality of your resources (use e.g. Internet Detective)!

Examples for your work

 * 2008/2009 student themes
 * 2009/2010 student themes
 * Is globalisation a neutral process? - introductory thesis & discussion with external expert
 * Hypothetical case study - Isoman copper mine
 * Globalisation Risks and Opportunities handbook
 * 2010/2011 student case studies - only to be filled in!

Technical help

 * Log in / create account - to create new account, click on link "Create one"
 * Starting a new Page
 * Editing
 * Structure of the page use it when constructing your theme!

Practical warning!!!
Protect yourself from loosing your work! Do not edit the page for too long without saving it, or work on the Word document and copy it to the Wiki space only consequently. The page can expire while you are working on it :-(