Territory, Place, Flow, and Scale

Spatial Analysis in the IPE of Trade

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ID3948136
AutoresBenjamin Forest (0000-0002-4831-9403, McGill University, autor correspondente), J Johnson (0000-0002-7548-7111, McGill University), Zarlasht M Razeq (0000-0002-8140-5661, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK)
Ano2024
Volume31
Fascículo1
Páginas1-25
Data de publicação2024-05-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2024.2355208
OpenAlexW4399046923
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas78

We assess the presence and use of the geographical concepts of territory, place, flow, and scale in the International Political Economy (IPE) literature on trade. While IPE scholars have arguably responded somewhat to earlier calls to embrace geography, the uptake remains limited. Relatively few articles incorporate such concepts explicitly and tend to ignore critical scholarship on these ideas. After summarizing the theoretical dimensions of territory, place, flow, and scale in geography, we analyze publications in six leading political science/IPE journals from 2010 to 2022 to identify articles related to trade that draw on one or more of these four concepts. Using a mix of quantitative text analysis and close qualitative readings of selected articles, we find that IPE scholars occasionally use territory, flow, and scale explicitly, but more often their use is implicit. In contrast, place is used rarely, only implicitly, but perhaps offers the greatest opportunity to frame new questions in studies of trade. More generally, we conclude that explicit attention to these four concepts and their use in critical geography scholarship, would help to develop richer, more critical IPE approaches

Cartography · Economic geography · Geography · Geometry · Regional science · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Economic Zones and Regional Development · Global trade and economics · Mathematics