"Explores the paradigm of "area studies" - a way of supporting regionally-focused collecting, processing, and liaison work - in the academic library, through an explicitly anti-colonial lens"
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 continu…
ASEAN after 50 : Historical, Theoretical, and Regional Perspectives / Ceren Ergenc -- ASEAN in Regional Environmental Governance : Bright Prospects or Hazy Future? / Helena Varkkey, Şerif Onur Bahçecik, Mohd Talib Latif -- Financial Cooperation in ASEAN : An Inquiry into Its Pla…
The handbook demonstrates how mainstream political theory can and must be enriched through attention to genuinely global, rather than parochially Euro-American, contributions to political thinking. Entries emphasise exploration of substantive questions about political life-rangi…
"The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Political Theory provides an entry point into this burgeoning field by both synthesizing and challenging the terms that motivate it. The handbook demonstrates how mainstream political theory can and must be enriched through attention to genuin…