Journal of Economic Geography 3:117-144 (2003)
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Toward a relational economic geography
* Faculty of Geography, Philipps-University of Marburg, Deutschhausstraße 10, D-35037 Marburg, Germany. email: 
bathelt{at}mailer.uni-marburg.de
** Institute of Economic and Social Geography, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University of Frankfurt/Main, Postfach 111932, Dantestraße 9, D-60054 Frankfurt/Main, Germany. email: glueckler{at}em.uni-frankfurt.de
Abstract
In this paper, we argue that a paradigmatic shift is occurring in economic geography toward a relational economic geography. This rests on three propositions. First, from a structural perspective economic actors are situated in contexts of social and institutional relations. Second, in dynamic perspective economic processes are path-dependent, constrained by history. Third, economic processes are contingent in that the agents' strategies and actions are open-ended. Drawing on Storper's holy trinity, we define four ions as the basis for analysis in economic geography: organization, evolution, innovation, and interaction. Therein, we employ a particular spatial perspective of economic processes using a geographical lens.
Keywords: Economic geography, regional science, relational economic geography, ions of economic geography
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