Comparative Area Studies - Methodological Rationales and Cross-Regional Applications (Hardcover)

In the post-World War II era, the emergence of 'area studies' marked a signal development in the social sciences. As the social sciences evolved methodologically, however, many dismissed area studies as favoring narrow description over general theory. Still, area studies continues to plays a key, if unacknowledged, role in bringing new data, new theories, and valuable policy-relevant insights to social sciences. In Comparative Area Studies, three leading figures in the field have gathered an international group of scholars in a volume that promises to be a landmark in a resurgent field. The book upholds two basic convictions: that intensive regional research remains indispensable to the social sciences and that this research needs to employ comparative referents from other regions to demonstrate its broader relevance. Comparative Area Studies (CAS) combines the context-specific insights from traditional area studies and the logic of cross- and inter-regional empirical research. This first book devoted to CAS explores methodological rationales and illustrative applications showing how area-based expertise can link into cutting-edge comparative analytical frameworks.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2018
Editors:	Ariel I. Ahram (Associate Professor of Government) • Patrick Koellner (Vice President and Director) • Rudra Sil (Professor of Political Science)
Dimensions:	237 x 163 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	322
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-084637-4
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Political geography Promotions
LSN:	0-19-084637-2
Barcode:	9780190846374

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