The debates surrounding area studies including sub-disciplines spheres of analysis research boundaries and theoretical foundations persist both as a discipline and a field of research. In Türkiye this field is commonly referred to as area regional or field studies. It focuses on the examination and analysis of various regions and its subjects are evolving along different regional lines. Besides the research and publications from the general to the specific and from the specific to the general studies centred on certain states (e.g. Russia Germany Türkiye) that analyze their areas of geopolitical interest also make significant contributions to the relevant literature.
Recently there has been a notable rise in the number of edited book studies focusing on regions like Africa Asia and Latin America in addition to regions near Türkiye. Considering this trend it is fair to assert that the book "South Asia: State Society and Politics" which is being presented here stands as the pioneering work in this specific field of research.