A half-hearted romance? A diagnosis and agenda for the relationship between economic geography and actor-network theory (ANT)

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-86

  Müller, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

actor network theory; ANT; economic geography; materiality; power; sociomaterial practices

Indexed keywords

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84922674244     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: 14770288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132513518833     Document Type: Article

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