Publications [#288578] of Gilbert W. Merkx

Book Chapters

1. Merkx, GW, Area and International Studies and Its Stakeholders, in The International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, edited by Simelser, NJ; Baltes, PJ (2001), pp. 943-948, Elsevier Science Limited, ISBN 9780080970868
   (last updated on 2024/04/23)

   Abstract:
   In most nations, the stakeholders in area and international studies (A and IS) are government agencies. However, in the United States, A and IS stakeholders are found in education and the private sector as well as in government, resulting in a high level of organizational development, complexity, and productivity. A and IS represent a crossing point between academic disciplines, research and policy institutions, numerous ethnic foreign-language communities, various international exchange organizations, foreign and domestic corporate interests, national security agencies, and issue-oriented oppositional movements. As a result, the A and IS enterprise is contested by shifting coalitions defined by such factors as professional self-interest, intellectual paradigms, national security threats, and ideological agendas.