变革中的西方经济地理学：制度、文化、关系与尺度转向.pdfVIP

第 l9卷 第 4期 2004年8月 人 文 地 理 HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Vo1．19，No．4 Atag．2004 文章编号：1003-2398(2004)04--0068--09 变革中的西方经济地理学：制度、文化、关系与尺度转向 (河南大学黄河文明与可持续发展研究中心， 苗长虹 河南大学区域发展与规划研究所，开封 475001) WESTERN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY IN TRANSFORMATION： IN SITITUTIONAL，CULTURAL ， RELATIONAL AND SCALAR TURNS M IAO Chang—hong (Research Ce7zter ofYelh．rwRizerCivilization and Sustainable ， ￡， lnst赴“ Regional Develop．~-nt and Pla ing ， Hena University，K口 g 475001， Gh ，zn) AbStract：Since the foundation as a formal sub-discipline in geography， westem eO0n0mic geOgraphy naS a1ways concerned on the spatial nature of economic activities： regional synthesis， difference and d tterent at on· But how to describe，explain and regulate the space and place of ec0nomic activities has made a great transformation with the changes of the development of capitalism practiceS and the main— str㈣ perspect VeS of western social sciences ． Over the seeond half of the twentieth century， Wes tem ecOnom c geOgraphY s characterized by many twists and turns of substan tive focus and sudden changeS O1 theoreticaI mood·Since．the 1980s，there have been some enOm us inte11ectua1 tranSfOrrnatiOn and rapld grov th m w tem economic geography as the results responsive to the great changeS in extema1 ∞on。m ∞nditiom ，to the unfolding of political events， to the post—modemism lOs0phies， and to the play of professional ambitions an d rivalri~ ． Compared to the ‘quantitative an d theo retical revOlution’in 1950s and 1960s and the“Marxism turnin the 1970s an d early 1980s，this transfO丌na— non haS nOt oruY happened on the methodology an d epistemology but also happened 0n the 0ntol y， wh ch haLs made the analytical perspectives and substantive focus of western eO0nOmic geOgraphy much more d verSIiled and complicated an d has increasingly reshaped the nature of the sub -discipline an d∞n— nected Jt to wider discourses within the social sciences． This paper anaIySeS this t啪 sfOnnation in four d mensions：mstitutional turn，cultural turn，relatio