Theory and Explanation in Geography
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-1-119-84549-2 (ISBN)
Henry Wai-chung Yeung is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography and Co-Director of Global Production Networks Centre at the National University of Singapore, Singapore. He is the recipient of multiple research awards, including the 2022 Sir Peter Hall Award for Lifetime Contribution by the Regional Studies Association in the UK, the 2018 Distinguished Scholarship Honors by the American Association of Geographers, and the 2017 Murchison Award by the Royal Geographical Society, UK.
List of Tables ix
List of Figures x
Preface and Acknowledgement xi
1. Critical Human Geography Today: A Multitude of Approaches and Concepts? 1
Main Argument and Approach 5
Important Caveats: What This Book Is Not About 9
Key Considerations: Of/For Theory and Explanation 15
Chapter Outlines 20
Notes 26
2. Contemporary Geographical Thought: Theory and Explanation 36
Theory in Marxism 42
Theories in Poststructuralism and Post-Phenomenology/Posthumanism 44
Actor-Network Theory 45
Non-Representational Theory 50
Assemblage Theory 54
Post-Phenomenology and Posthumanism 62
Theories in Feminism and Postcolonialism 67
Feminist Theory 69
Postcolonial Theory 76
Notes 81
3. What Kind of Theory for What Kind of Human Geography? 95
Analytical Geographies: Theory and Explanation in Geography 97
From Concepts to Theories 99
From Theory to Explanation in Geography 103
Mid-Range Theories: Critical Realism, Causal Mechanisms, and Relational Thinking 107
What Realism -- Critical and/or Speculative? 109
Causal Mechanisms and Relational Thinking in Mid-Range Theories 116
Notes 121
4. Relational Theory 129
Relationality and Relational Thought in Contemporary Human
Geography 131
Relationality in Marxian and Institutional Geographies 134
Relational Thought in Poststructuralist, Feminist, and Postcolonial Geographies 139
Making Things Happen: Towards a Relational Theory 151
Rethinking Relational Thought: Relationality and Power 153
Causal Powers and Relationality in Relational Geometries 157
Notes 165
5. Mechanism and Process in Causal Explanation 173
Theorizing Mechanism in Causal Explanation 175
Reconceptualizing Mechanism, Process, and Context 178
Causal Theory and Actors 185
Processual Thought in Geography 188
From Process to Mechanism: Explanatory Theory/Theorizing in Geography 195
Why Neoliberalization? 196
Neoliberalization: What's in a Process and What Can Go Wrong? 199
Explaining Neoliberalism 'with Chinese Characteristics': How Might the Process-Mechanism Distinction Work? 203
Notes 207
6. Theorizing Globalization: Explanatory Theory, Situated Knowledges, and 'Theorizing Back' 212
Globalization as Geographical Processes 215
A Causal Theory of Global Production Networks: Explaining Globalization and Its Socio-Spatial Outcomes 221
Beyond Situated Knowledges: 'Theorizing Back' and Making Theory Work 228
Are Situated Knowledges Good Enough? 229
Theorizing Back: Strategic Coupling and Global Economic Geographies 235
Making Theory Work: The Trouble with Global Production Networks 240
Notes 245
7. What Kind of Geography for What Kind of Social Science? 252
Towards Analytical Geographies: Mid-Range Geographical Theories for Social Science 256
Beyond 'Academic Esotericism': Analytical Geographies for Public Engagement and Policy 261
Notes 266
References 269
Index 313
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.09.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | RGS-IBG Book Series |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 624 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
| Schlagworte | Economic Geography • entwicklungsgeographie • Geographie • Geography • Geography of Development • Political Geography • Politische Geographie • Wirtschaftsgeographie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-119-84549-1 / 1119845491 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-119-84549-2 / 9781119845492 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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