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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.

This article introduces the essays published in this journal issue that were presented at a roundtable during the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Assoc in Washington, DC. The essayists highlight the contributions of area studies to comparative politics & the political science discipline. However, they also criticize the discipline for its underestimation of political science insights coming from outside the US & Western Europe. Area studies can be central for the revitalization of comparative politics, especially now in the post-Cold War & global era. M. Pflum