Part I. Areas of the World.- 1. Migration and Cross-Border Mobility of Ethnic Groups.- 2. Global Factors in State Development Path.- Part II. The World in Areas.- 3. New Technological Practices in the National Governance.- 4. Ethnicity in Nation-Building.- 5. Domestic Politics and Economic Development.

This open access book aims to present the cutting-edge research of scholars from the Global South, where scholars from developing countries have begun to join in the production of knowledges of Area Studies and have produced a large body of excellent works of Area Studies based on a variety of disciplines. Articles of this book have been developed from 11 papers which were presented at the 2nd Tsinghua Area Studies Forum, to represent a range of area studies subjects and regions. The book is divided into five chapters that either analyze regional country issues (regions in the world) from the perspective of global linkages and cross-regional linkages or discuss internal issues such as national governance, ethnicity, economy, and civil war, using the nation-state as the unit of analysis. Guang Yang, Director of Institute for International and Area Studies, Tsinghua University. Jing Zhang, Associate Director of Institute for International and Area Studies, Tsinghua University. Lanyu Liu, Assistant Professor at the Institute for International and Area Studies, Tsinghua University. Xinghan Xiong, Assistant Professor at the Institute for International and Area Studies, Tsinghua University.

The first book on Area Studies to cover Agronomics The first book on Area Studies to cover such a large number of Chinese scholars’ studies of Area Studies Most of the authors have long-term field work at the countries or regions they study This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access

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