Interdisciplinary programmes specializing in research and teaching on specific regions of the world. Gibson-Graham (2004) Env. & Plan. A 2004, 36, 405 provides a handy table:
Thematic studies | Area studies |
|---|
general | specific |
universal | particular |
abstract | concrete |
nomothetic | ideographic |
theoretical | empirical |
deductive | inductive |
social scientific | humanistic |
quantitative | qualitative |
hypothesis testing | case study |
economic | cultural |
contemporary | historical |
the West | the rest |
developed | underdeveloped |
modern | premodern |