Comparative Area Studies - Methodological Rationales and Cross-Regional Applications

In Comparative Area Studies, the editors and contributors are motivated by two basic convictions: first, that intensive regional research remains indispensable to the social sciences; and second, that this research risks becoming marginalized in the absence of concerted efforts to link it to disciplinary concepts and theories that have relevance beyond a single region.

About the author

Ariel I. Ahram is associate professor of government and international affairs in Virginia Tech's School of Public and International Affairs.

Patrick Köllner is vice president of the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), director of the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies, and professor of political science at the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Rudra Sil is professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania where he is also SAS Director of the Huntsman Program in International Studies & Business.

Summary

In Comparative Area Studies, the editors and contributors are motivated by two basic convictions: first, that intensive regional research remains indispensable to the social sciences; and second, that this research risks becoming marginalized in the absence of concerted efforts to link it to disciplinary concepts and theories that have relevance beyond a single region.

Product details

• Authors: Ariel I. Ahram, Ariel I. (Associate Professor of Government Ahram, Ariel I. (EDT)/ K÷llner Ahram
• Assisted by: Ariel I. Ahram (Editor), Ahram Ariel I. (Editor), Patrick Kollner (Editor), Patrick Köllner (Editor), Rudra Sil (Editor), Sil Rudra (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780190846374
• ISBN: 978-0-19-084637-4
• No. of pages: 322
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Politikwissenschaft, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Historiography, Politics / Current Events, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Political Geography, Regional / International studies, Political science and theory, Central / national / federal government policies, Regional and area planning