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Theory and Explanation in Geography
| Theory and Explanation in Geography |
| Autore | Yeung Henry Wai-chung |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 pages) |
| Collana | RGS-IBG Book Series |
| ISBN |
1-119-84552-1
1-119-84551-3 1-119-84553-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Theory and Explanation in Geography -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgement -- 1. Critical Human Geography Today: A Multitude of Approaches and Concepts? -- Main Argument and Approach -- Important Caveats: What This Book Is Not About -- Key Considerations: Of/For Theory and Explanation -- Chapter Outlines -- Notes -- 2. Contemporary Geographical Thought: Theory and Explanation -- Theory in Marxism -- Theories in Poststructuralism and Post-Phenomenology/Posthumanism -- Actor-Network Theory -- Non-Representational Theory -- Assemblage Theory -- Post-Phenomenology and Posthumanism -- Theories in Feminism and Postcolonialism -- Feminist Theory -- Postcolonial Theory -- Notes -- 3. What Kind of Theory for What Kind of Human Geography? -- Analytical Geographies: Theory and Explanation in Geography -- From Concepts to Theories -- From Theory to Explanation in Geography -- Mid-Range Theories: Critical Realism, Causal Mechanisms, and Relational Thinking -- What Realism - Critical and/or Speculative? -- Causal Mechanisms and Relational Thinking in Mid-Range Theories -- Notes -- 4. Relational Theory -- Relationality and Relational Thought in Contemporary Human Geography -- Relationality in Marxian and Institutional Geographies -- Relational Thought in Poststructuralist, Feminist, and Postcolonial Geographies -- Making Things Happen: Towards a Relational Theory -- Rethinking Relational Thought: Relationality and Power -- Causal Powers and Relationality in Relational Geometries -- Notes -- 5. Mechanism and Process in Causal Explanation -- Theorizing Mechanism in Causal Explanation -- Reconceptualizing Mechanism, Process, and Context -- Causal Theory and Actors -- Processual Thought in Geography -- From Process to Mechanism: Explanatory Theory/Theorizing in Geography -- Why Neoliberalization?.
Neoliberalization: What's in a Process and What Can Go Wrong? -- Explaining Neoliberalism 'with Chinese Characteristics': How Might the Process-Mechanism Distinction Work? -- Notes -- 6. Theorizing Globalization: Explanatory Theory, Situated Knowledges, and 'Theorizing Back' -- Globalization as Geographical Processes -- A Causal Theory of Global Production Networks: Explaining Globalization and Its Socio-Spatial Outcomes -- Beyond Situated Knowledges: 'Theorizing Back' and Making Theory Work -- Are Situated Knowledges Good Enough? -- Theorizing Back: Strategic Coupling and Global Economic Geographies -- Making Theory Work: The Trouble with Global Production Networks -- Notes -- 7. What Kind of Geography for What Kind of Social Science? -- Towards Analytical Geographies: Mid-Range Geographical Theories for Social Science -- Beyond 'Academic Esotericism': Analytical Geographies for Public Engagement and Policy -- Notes -- References -- Index -- EULA. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830904203321 |
Yeung Henry Wai-chung
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| John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2023 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Theory and Explanation in Geography
| Theory and Explanation in Geography |
| Autore | Yeung Henry Wai-chung |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 pages) |
| Disciplina | 304.201 |
| Collana | RGS-IBG Book Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Human geography
Relationism |
| ISBN |
9781119845522
1119845521 9781119845515 1119845513 9781119845539 111984553X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Theory and Explanation in Geography -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgement -- 1. Critical Human Geography Today: A Multitude of Approaches and Concepts? -- Main Argument and Approach -- Important Caveats: What This Book Is Not About -- Key Considerations: Of/For Theory and Explanation -- Chapter Outlines -- Notes -- 2. Contemporary Geographical Thought: Theory and Explanation -- Theory in Marxism -- Theories in Poststructuralism and Post-Phenomenology/Posthumanism -- Actor-Network Theory -- Non-Representational Theory -- Assemblage Theory -- Post-Phenomenology and Posthumanism -- Theories in Feminism and Postcolonialism -- Feminist Theory -- Postcolonial Theory -- Notes -- 3. What Kind of Theory for What Kind of Human Geography? -- Analytical Geographies: Theory and Explanation in Geography -- From Concepts to Theories -- From Theory to Explanation in Geography -- Mid-Range Theories: Critical Realism, Causal Mechanisms, and Relational Thinking -- What Realism - Critical and/or Speculative? -- Causal Mechanisms and Relational Thinking in Mid-Range Theories -- Notes -- 4. Relational Theory -- Relationality and Relational Thought in Contemporary Human Geography -- Relationality in Marxian and Institutional Geographies -- Relational Thought in Poststructuralist, Feminist, and Postcolonial Geographies -- Making Things Happen: Towards a Relational Theory -- Rethinking Relational Thought: Relationality and Power -- Causal Powers and Relationality in Relational Geometries -- Notes -- 5. Mechanism and Process in Causal Explanation -- Theorizing Mechanism in Causal Explanation -- Reconceptualizing Mechanism, Process, and Context -- Causal Theory and Actors -- Processual Thought in Geography -- From Process to Mechanism: Explanatory Theory/Theorizing in Geography -- Why Neoliberalization?.
Neoliberalization: What's in a Process and What Can Go Wrong? -- Explaining Neoliberalism 'with Chinese Characteristics': How Might the Process-Mechanism Distinction Work? -- Notes -- 6. Theorizing Globalization: Explanatory Theory, Situated Knowledges, and 'Theorizing Back' -- Globalization as Geographical Processes -- A Causal Theory of Global Production Networks: Explaining Globalization and Its Socio-Spatial Outcomes -- Beyond Situated Knowledges: 'Theorizing Back' and Making Theory Work -- Are Situated Knowledges Good Enough? -- Theorizing Back: Strategic Coupling and Global Economic Geographies -- Making Theory Work: The Trouble with Global Production Networks -- Notes -- 7. What Kind of Geography for What Kind of Social Science? -- Towards Analytical Geographies: Mid-Range Geographical Theories for Social Science -- Beyond 'Academic Esotericism': Analytical Geographies for Public Engagement and Policy -- Notes -- References -- Index -- EULA. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911020212103321 |
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Yeung Henry Wai-chung
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| John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2023 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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