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When instructors are first tasked with teaching the research methods course for their department, a common reaction is frustration and panic. Although all political scientists are trained in research methods, few besides methodologists view it as their primary or strongest area of expertise, and they are aware that the course rarely returns high teaching evaluations (Fletcher and Painter-Main 2014). Likewise, students approach their required research methods course with extreme anxiety, viewing it as the math class they were trying to avoid by majoring in political science (Bernstein and Allen 2013; Coleman and Conrad 2007). With instructors unhappily teaching the class and students dreading taking it, there is a “perfect storm” of attitudes and beliefs that is hardly likely to lead to a productive learning environment. The challenge driving this article is how to teach research methods in a rigorous, engaging way that promotes student learning without tanking scores on teaching evaluations.
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139466
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Towns have been described as nodes of rural–urban mobility, while megacities have been described as hubs of international mobility. This paper uses the term ‘global town’ to describe a town as a hub of rural–urban and transnational migration. It draws attention to the connection between regional power dynamics, transnational migrants' ties with their home region, and urban transformation. Regionally-dominant groups can use a town to reproduce their rural power base, while less powerful communities can use a town to seek refuge from violence and marginalisation. These processes crucially affect the experiences of transnational migrants, who also participate in the transformation of the town when they ‘return home’ and buy property there, particularly after retirement. Our use of the term ‘global town’ is illustrated through a case study of Anand, Gujarat.
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084279
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093270
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New York, Bloomsbury Press, 2009.
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x, 342p.
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9781596915664
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Copies: C:1/I:0,R:0,Q:0
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 054689 | 307.116/BRU 054689 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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