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Chapter Two - Mixed Methodologies, Sustainable Analyses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2022

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Introductory Remarks

The second chapter of this monograph is devoted to methodological issues. Considering the context, readers should be reminded that sustainable farm development is at the center of this publication's academic reflection. It should also be recalled that sustainable development is not limited to the effects of economic changes but also involves environmental (mostly related to resources) and social (equality and inequality issues) dimensions. This might lead to the statement that the development process has a rather multifaceted character. Therefore, its analysis must be more complex, and take into consideration various factors, including psychological references to the actors taking part in these processes. A similar way of thinking may be applied to the methodology used in sociological studies. The use of various methods and research techniques can provide a more multidimensional picture of the studied reality. Thus, mixed methodologies can provide a better means to observe analyzed phenomena and social processes from various angles and this, in our view, might be more conducive to sustainability analyses. Such analyses are the main goal of our project and this monograph.

Chapter 1 essentially contains the draft of the theoretical concept to which the entire publication is devoted to. This chapter mostly deals with the methodological consequences of theoretical resolutions described in the previous chapter, which are important for the methods of academic research. The crucial point of reflection referred to the methodological work of Andrew Abbot with its central premise of advocating the reversal of the approach to the relation between the global and local dimensions of social life, an approach widespread in academic literature. As emphasized by Abbott (2004, p. 7): “Switching questions is a powerful heuristic move.” Such a move was taken when the main slogan of the entire publication was formulated by changing the order—and thus, the meaning—of the popular statement “think globally, act locally” to “think locally, act globally.” This allowed for several important issues to be addressed, which became the basis for various analyses presented in this volume.

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Think Locally, Act Globally
Polish farmers in the global era of sustainability and resilience
, pp. 95 - 148
Publisher: Jagiellonian University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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