| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 300 pages) |
| Contents |
Comparative area studies: what it is, what it can do / Patrick Köllner, Rudra Sil, and Ariel I. Ahram -- Comparative area studies: the golden mean between area studies and universalist approaches? / Dirk Berg-Schlosser -- Depth perception: improving analytic focus through cross-and interregional comparisons / Laurence Whitehead -- Comparisons across world regions: managing conceptual, methodological, and practical challenges / Christian von Soest and Alexander Stroh -- Context, concepts, and comparison in southeast Asian studies / Mikko Huotari and Jürgen Rüland -- American political development in the mirror of Europe: democracy expansion and the evolution of electoral systems in the 19th century / Amel Ahmed -- Comparative area studies and the study of Middle East politics after the Arab uprisings / André Bank -- Comparing post-communist authoritarianism in Russia and China: the case of anti-corruption campaigns / Cheng Chen -- Comparative area studies and the analytical challenge of diffusion: explaining outcomes in the Arab Spring and beyond / Airel I. Ahram -- Comparing separatism across regions: rebellious legacies in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East / Benjamin Smith -- Gaining by shedding case selection strictures: natural resource booms and institution building in Latin America and Africa / Ryan Saylor -- Organizing production across regions: the Wenzhou Model in China and Italy / Calvin P. Chen -- Triangulating area studies, not just methods: how cross-regional comparison aids qualitative and mixed-method research / Rudra Sil |
| Summary |
Area studies scholarship has been indispensable for the development of social scientific knowledge. However, it risks becoming marginalized without more concerted efforts to demonstrate its relevance for contemporary social science. This volume showcases comparative area studies (CAS) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 11, 2018) |
| Subject |
Area studies -- Comparative method
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HISTORY -- Study & Teaching.
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Area studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ahram, Ariel I. (Ariel Ira), 1979- editor.
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Köllner, Patrick, 1968- editor.
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Sil, Rudra, 1967- editor.
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| LC no. |
2018001203 |
| ISBN |
9780190846398 |
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0190846399 |
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9780190846404 |
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0190846402 |
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9780190869595 |
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0190869593 |
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