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“We have been waiting for a book that would investigate the full impact of globalization on the social sciences and humanities. Here it is.”—Boaventura de Sousa Santos, author of Epistemologies of the South: Justice against Epistemicide

“More than a manual of methodologies, this innovative book is a reflection on the emerging field of Global Studies—what it is, what it can do, and how it can do it. It’s an important book, one that will be widely used and discussed. It provides pathways for research for anyone working on issues related to our increasingly global milieu.”—Mark Juergensmeyer, editor of Thinking Globally: A Global Studies Reader

“Globalization respects no borders—between countries or between disciplines. This book will be greatly valued by researchers and students for its clear, comprehensive overview of concepts and methods in a field of challenging diversity.”—Ulf Hannerz, Professor, Stockholm University, and author of Writing Future Worlds

“Sets a new standard for linking theory, case studies, and research design in the study of global processes. The theoretical overview is wide-ranging and accessible, the extended case studies are vivid and timely, and the presentation of research methods and design will be of great value to both teachers and students.”—Arjun Appadurai, Paulette Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University

“The authors take on the heroic—and ambitious—task of giving definition to an emerging field of inquiry, one whose rise tolls the history of the present in a critically important way. They bring to it an entirely fresh perspective, simultaneously laying out a theoretical framework, a methodological prospectus, and, most of all, a promise to decenter knowledge production from its received, often sterile, hegemonic centers.”—John Comaroff, Hugh K. Foster Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology, Harvard University

“A stunning example of transdisciplinary scholarship. Drawing on their long experience in global studies, the authors show how no academic discipline has remained untouched by the transformations of our global age. It provides students and scholars with a brilliant introduction to transdisciplinary scholarship.”—Thomas Duve, Director, Max Planck Institute for European Legal History

“An important step in the transformation of Global Studies from a pluri-disciplinary field of inquiry to a self-confident approach in its own right.”—Matthias Middell, Professor, Global and European Studies Institute, University of Leipzig

“A field-defining text that invites ongoing critical thinking on its global context. It succeeds at presenting Global Studies in a way that gives the field coherence and methodological meaning at the same time that it preserves opportunities for open-ended transdisciplinary exploration and innovation.”—Matt Sparke, Director of Integrated Social Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle

“Scholars of Global Studies have been striving to define the field. This book is a great contribution to these efforts. It constructs a comprehensive theoretical framework, research design, and methodology of Global Studies.”—Changgang Guo, Director, Center for Global Studies, Shanghai University

“Reflects the intellectual excitement of Global Studies. The authors show that this timely field is not characterized by a set disciplinary canon, but that at its core, it is driven by a search for fresh perspectives, alternative imaginaries, and new questions. A must-read for students and scholars who are thinking and working globally.”—Dominic Sachsenmaier, Professor, Department of Sinology and Department of History, University of Göttingen