Knowledge Production, Area Studies and Global Cooperation

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Knowledge Production, Area Studies and Global CooperationAuthor(s): Claudia Derichs\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138188747, 978-1138188747\nSynopsis\nWhereas Area Studies and cross-border cooperation research conventionally demarcates groups of people by geographical boundaries, individuals might in fact feel more connected by shared values and principles than by conventional spatial dimensions. Knowledge Production, Area Studies and Global Cooperation asks what norms and principles lead to the creation of knowledge about cross-border cooperation and connection. It studies why theories, methods, and concepts originate in one place rather than another, how they travel, and what position the scholar adopts while doing research, particularly in the field.\n\nTaking case studies from Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, the book links the production of alternative epistemologies to the notion of global coopera.