Abstract: The word ‘region’ has had a long and checkered history. The chapter surveys the shifts in meaning it has undergone, tying these to changing geopolitical circumstances. It also examines current usage and lays out some of the dilemmas attached to using the concept. The range of uses is so wide that the term can appear as incoherent. The regional concept has been a significant but often vague category across the social sciences and particularly in geography. The chapter shows that there is somewhat more coherence to it once its evolution is understood.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-07-27
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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