Political ecology II: theorizing region
- 11 August 2009
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Progress in Human Geography
- Vol. 34 (3), 368-374
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132509343045
Abstract
In this second of three reports exploring the incorporation of human geography theory within political ecology I focus on regions. I review how regions are theorized in human geography and conclude that political ecologists have used the concept inconsistently. I suggest that three trajectories in recent studies offer possibilities for a more rigorous theorization of regions within political ecology: (1) work employing theorizations of the social production of space and the co-constitution of nature, space, and society; (2) engagements with the political economy of natural resources literature, especially resource conflict; and (3) work linking historical materialist-oriented ‘new’ regional geography with discourse theory.Keywords
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