'This outstanding volume ranges from exciting new departures to thoughtful reflections on lifetimes of scholarship. Williams convincingly illustrates that there is no one answer or route to practicing comparative political theory; what we need right now is not a single road map, but a range of options and vigorous debate.' Stephen C. Angle, Wesleyan University, Connecticut
1. Introduction. The practice of deparochializing political theory Melissa S. Williams; 2. Deparochializing political theory and beyond: a dialogue approach to comparative political thought James Tully; 3. Recentering political theory, revisited: on mobile locality, general applicability, and the future of comparative political theory Leigh K. Jenco; 4. A decentralized republic of virtue: true way learning in the Southern Song period and beyond Youngmin Kim; 5. Deparochializing political theory from the Far Eastern Province Ken Tsutsumibayashi; 6. Is popular sovereignty a useful myth? Joseph Chan and Franz Mang; 7. Authoritarian and democratic pathways to meritocracy in China Baogang He and Mark E. Warren; 8. Deparochializing democratic theory Melissa S. Williams; 9. Teaching comparative political thought: joys, pitfalls, strategies, significance Stephen Salkever; 10. Teaching philosophy and political thought in Southeast Asia Terry Nardin; 11. Why globalize the curriculum? Duncan Ivison.