Allen F. Repko & William H Newell 
Case Studies in Interdisciplinary Research [EPUB ebook] 

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Part I. Introduction
Chapter 1. The Interdisciplinary Research Process – Rick Szostak
Rick Szostak
Part II. Drawing on Disciplinary Insights
Chapter 2. Jewish Marriage as an Expression of Israel′s Conflicted Identity
Marilyn R. Tayler
Chapter 3. The Metropolitan Problem in Interdisciplinary Perspective – Michan Andrew Connor
Michan Andrew Connor
Chatper 4. Mektoub: When Art Meets History, Philosophy, and Linguistics – Mieke Bal
Mieke Bal
Part III. Approaches to Integration
Chapter 5. Integrating Theory-Based Insights on the Causes of Suicide Terrorism
Allen F. Repko
Chapter 6. An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Causes of Economic Growth – Rick Szostak
Rick Szostak
Chapter 7. Why We Talk: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Evolutionary Origin of Language
Ria van der Lecq
Chapter 8. Understanding Human Action: Integrating Meanings, Mechanisms, Causes, and Contexts – Machiel Keestra
Machiel Keestra
Chapter 9. Integrative Theory in Criminology Applied to the Complex Social Problem of School Violence – Stuart Henry and Nicole L. Bracy
Stuart Henry and Nicole L. Bracy
Chapter 10. Research Integration: A Comparative Knowledge Base – Julie Thompson Klein
Julie Thompson Klein
Conclusion
William H. Newell
Author Index
Subject Index

Rick Szostak, Ph D, is professor and chair of economics at the University of Alberta, where he has taught for 34 years. He is the author of a dozen books and 50 articles, all of an interdisciplinary nature. Several of his publications address how to do interdisciplinary research, teach interdisciplinary courses, administer interdisciplinary programs, or organize information in order to facilitate interdisciplinarity. As an associate dean, he created the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Alberta, the Science, Technology and Society program, an individualized major, and two courses about interdisciplinarity. He has twice served as coeditor of the interdisciplinary journal Issues in Integrative Studies. He was president of the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS) from 2011 to 2014. He can be contacted at rszostak@ualberta.ca.