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"Introduction: The Limits of Culture"

"Introduction: The Limits of Culture"

Book Chapter, The Limits of Culture: Islam and Foreign Policy, pages 1-25

July 2006

Author: Brenda Shaffer, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1999-2000; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Project, 2004-2007

Belfer Center Programs or Projects: Caspian Studies; International Security

 

"In recent decades, area studies and international relations specialists have conducted and published research with little dialogue between their respective fields, especially concerning the impact of culture on states...."

Other Chapters in The Limits of Culture: Islam and Foreign Policy:

 

For Academic Citation:

Shaffer, Brenda. "Introduction: The Limits of Culture." Chap. 1 in The Limits of Culture: Islam and Foreign Policy. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, July 2006.

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