“…To create some space for reflection in the Regional Studies Book Reviews section, a few different forms of writing book reviews were experimented with, such as review essays (RUTTEN and BOEKEMA, 2009;ANTO-NELLI, 2010a, 2010bBERGS, 2011;BARNES, 2013), comparative review essays (STAM, 2009; VAN OORT, 2011;FROMHOLD-EISEBITH, 2013), comparative reviews ( VAN RIETBERGEN, 2010), and co-authored reviews (KLAGGE et al, 2010;GREEVEN and MUNK, 2010;BURGER and KARREMAN, 2010). They proved to be worth the time and effort.…”