US area-studies programs grew from government knowledge needs during decolonization

Evidence

It is unwise to suggest any form of intellectual conspiracy, but the coincidence of international power politics in the region and the changing nature of the analytical paradigm favored by social scientists has to be noted. For although modernization theory still prevailed in Western social sciences, scholars writing on the Middle East turned to the analytical paradigm developed by the historians in the early 1950s. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3496 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Foundations and state built area studies to serve Cold War empire — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 240; US area-studies programs grew to meet the state’s knowledge needs during decolonization.; Orientalism adapted to decolonization by rebranding itself as interdisciplinary area studies (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Geopolitical power shifts track paradigm shifts in area studies scholarship #expands (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3496
• Orientalism adapted to decolonization by rebranding itself as interdisciplinary area studies #corroborates (0.72)