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“Area Studies” and the Discipline: Towards New Interconnections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2002

John W. Harbeson
Affiliation:
City University of New York
Cynthia McClintock
Affiliation:
George Washington University
Rachel Dubin
Affiliation:
George Washington University

Extract

This collection of rich, provocative essays heralds a new opportunity for the reinvigoration of political science. Our premise, and the premise of our essayists, is that the term “area studies” is a misnomer. The political scientists whose works have focused on specific world regions have yielded significant theoretical and conceptual contributions for the discipline, both in the past and in the present.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2001 by the American Political Science Association

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