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Decoding Patterns
- Social Research: An International Quarterly
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 77, Number 1, Spring 2010
- pp. 411-420
- 10.1353/sor.2010.0047
- Article
- Additional Information
In an expression of extended thanks, Zolberg writes of the effects of his personal experience on his academic history. His academic practices of rejecting two widespread reductionisms - disciplinary boundaries and societal management of cultural diversity - are demonstratively formed through his personal experiences in academia, the Army, West Africa, and Europe, culminating in his comparative social science methods and politics.