Students:Interdisciplinary Study Program on Sustainability 2011-2012

What is Globalization?

Introduction: Globalization on Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy^[1]
Globalization in brief: Global Transformations web ^[2] or educational materials from the Levin Institute^[3]
Globalisation in depth^[4] (educational materials by the Charles University - selected topics from last year´s course)

Latest news from The Globalization website ^[5]
EU perspective ^[6]

What is case study?

Read more about case study development! And consider when case studies might be used - as a method of research...

"The case study is most useful for generating hypotheses, whereas other methods are more suitable for hypotheses testing and theory building."^[7]

...or as a well developed method in teaching/learning^[8]. In this course, it will serve as a tool for joint work on specific globalization theme.

Write it yourselves!

While case study research has its specifics, the writing process is similar to any other academic discourse.

Writing assistant

Blank page is template with relevant instructions - start your writing process here:
- If you still need to decide about your theme and focus? Start with reading (for writing) or try prewriting.
- Literature review is a good starting point when you already have some (research or preliminary) question.
Writing manual is a good overview of writing techniques - pay attention to ethical rules whech need to be observed carefully!
Model of the Case Study writing - New Zealand 2010: Mining in Schedule 4 Conflict
And the new case study to be collaboratively developed in this course: Ghana 2011: Gold Mining Resurgence

Examples for your work

Assessment

Throughout the e-learning courses, students´ outcomes - texts - are assessed with regard to following criteria:

References

↑ Scheuerman, William, "Globalization", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2010 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2010/entries/globalization/
↑ Held, D., McGrew, A., Goldblatt, D., Perraton, J. (1999) What is Globalization? [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://www.polity.co.uk/global/whatisglobalization.asp. Basic outline of globalization principles and effects, although rather outdated
↑ Levin Institute, Globalization101.org page [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://www.globalization101.org/What_is_Globalization.html (American perspective)
↑ Globalisation 2009/2010 Themes (2010, December 4). In VCSEwiki. Retrieved 10:54, December 5, 2010, from http://www.czp.cuni.cz/vcsewiki/index.php/Globalisation_2009/2010_Themes
↑ Lechner, F. et al. (2001) The Globalization website. [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from [http://www.sociology.emory.edu/globalization/. Excellent resource for hyperlinks to issues, theories and especially news from various sources.
↑ EU Perspective: European Commission sustainable development policies and European Council´s documents
↑ Case study. (2010, November 15). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:40, November 25, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Case_study&oldid=396806238
↑ ETH Zurich, Natural and Social Science Interface (NSSI): Transdisciplinarity Laboratory (TdLab) [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://www.uns.ethz.ch/translab/index

Financing

Participation of Czech students was financed from the ESF program "Investments in Education Development", project MOSUR
Participation of German students was financed from the project of "Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt"

Author: Jana Dlouhá, Andrew Barton. This article was published under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. How to cite the article: Jana Dlouhá, Andrew Barton. (3. 12. 2024). Students:Interdisciplinary Study Program on Sustainability 2011-2012. VCSEWiki. Retrieved 17:26 3. 12. 2024) from: <https://vcsewiki.czp.cuni.cz/w/index.php?title=Students:Interdisciplinary_Study_Program_on_Sustainability_2011-2012&oldid=5437>.

This page was created with support of the OP VK CZ.1.07/2.4.00/17.0130 Project - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development Network

[1] Scheuerman, William, "Globalization", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2010 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2010/entries/globalization/

[2] Held, D., McGrew, A., Goldblatt, D., Perraton, J. (1999) What is Globalization? [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://www.polity.co.uk/global/whatisglobalization.asp. Basic outline of globalization principles and effects, although rather outdated

[3] Levin Institute, Globalization101.org page [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://www.globalization101.org/What_is_Globalization.html (American perspective)

[4] Globalisation 2009/2010 Themes (2010, December 4). In VCSEwiki. Retrieved 10:54, December 5, 2010, from http://www.czp.cuni.cz/vcsewiki/index.php/Globalisation_2009/2010_Themes

[5] Lechner, F. et al. (2001) The Globalization website. [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from [http://www.sociology.emory.edu/globalization/. Excellent resource for hyperlinks to issues, theories and especially news from various sources.

[6] EU Perspective: European Commission sustainable development policies and European Council´s documents

[7] Case study. (2010, November 15). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:40, November 25, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Case_study&oldid=396806238

[8] ETH Zurich, Natural and Social Science Interface (NSSI): Transdisciplinarity Laboratory (TdLab) [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://www.uns.ethz.ch/translab/index

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