Sociology's Great Leap Forward: the Challenge of Internationalisation Export

@article{citeulike:5997491, abstract = {This paper advocates internationalising the sociology curriculum for both practical and theoretical reasons. Macro-sociology must drop the parochialism of implicitly confining itself to intra-state phenomena, based on Western historical experience, and develop a conceptual framework adequate to deal with the emergent transnational scene and transnational global structures and processes of change. Correspondingly, the sociology curriculum must be geared to increasing the international competency of students, both undergraduates and graduates. Doing so will attract better undergraduates seeking careers in the international field, and will for graduates provide training and research that will promote the number of sociologists actually engaged in international studies. 10.1177/026858098600100203}, author = {Tiryakian, Edward A.}, citeulike-article-id = {5997491}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026858098600100203}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://iss.sagepub.com/content/1/2/155.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://iss.sagepub.com/content/1/2/155.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/026858098600100203}, journal = {International Sociology}, keywords = {c\_sapproject, curriculum, internationalisation, sociology}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {155--171}, posted-at = {2009-10-23 12:20:57}, priority = {2}, title = {Sociology's Great Leap Forward: the Challenge of Internationalisation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026858098600100203}, volume = {1}, year = {1986} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5997491 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5997491 N2 - This paper advocates internationalising the sociology curriculum for both practical and theoretical reasons. Macro-sociology must drop the parochialism of implicitly confining itself to intra-state phenomena, based on Western historical experience, and develop a conceptual framework adequate to deal with the emergent transnational scene and transnational global structures and processes of change. Correspondingly, the sociology curriculum must be geared to increasing the international competency of students, both undergraduates and graduates. Doing so will attract better undergraduates seeking careers in the international field, and will for graduates provide training and research that will promote the number of sociologists actually engaged in international studies. 10.1177/026858098600100203 IS - 2 JF - International Sociology EP - 171 TI - Sociology's Great Leap Forward: the Challenge of Internationalisation VL - 1 SP - 155 KW - c_sapproject KW - curriculum KW - internationalisation KW - sociology AU - Tiryakian, Edward PY - 1986/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026858098600100203 ER -