Abstract
This volume is important because, aside from offering the first focused comparative analyses of all the countries in Southeast Asia, it provides an opportunity to evaluate progress in an area of inquiry that, according to James Rosenau (1980), is neither a fad nor a fantasy, but is an established subfield of political science and international relations. My purpose is not to present a review of the field, as others have already done this (East, 1987; Hill and Light, 1985). Rather, I would like to take this opportunity to examine critically some of the problems that have appeared in attempts to develop a coherent, cumulative, comprehensive, and comparative field.
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Holsti, K.J. (1990). The Comparative Analysis of Foreign Policy: Some Notes on the Pitfalls and Paths to Theory. In: Wurfel, D., Burton, B. (eds) The Political Economy of Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20813-5_2
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