{"product_id":"comparative-area-studies-methodological-rationales-and-cross-regional-applications-paperback","title":"Comparative Area Studies: Methodological Rationales and Cross-Regional Applications - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAriel I. Ahram\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePatrick Köllner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRudra Sil\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 \u003cem\u003eComparative Area Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 to demonstrate how area-based expertise can be fruitfully integrated with cutting-edge comparative analytical frameworks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAriel I. Ahram \u003c\/strong\u003eis associate professor of government and international affairs in Virginia Tech's School of Public and International Affairs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatrick Köllner\u003c\/strong\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRudra Sil\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania where he is also SAS Director of the Huntsman Program in International Studies \u0026amp; Business.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67972590338355,"sku":"9780190846381","price":94.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/wDSo2g6I-y9780190846381.webp?v=1794430437","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/comparative-area-studies-methodological-rationales-and-cross-regional-applications-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}