What relevance do the perspectives of postcolonial studies have for political science? The question of the effects of the bygone colonial era throws new light on various disciplinary fields - including political theory, gender relations, international relations and political systems. The postcolonial analyses of political theories, institutions and processes that are gathered together in this volume, both empirical and theoretical, make visible the Eurocentric structures and colonial patterns of argumentation in political science, in political praxis in Germany and across Europe, and in postcolonial countries.
