摘要
批判的且富有创新的区域研究历来是UBC地理系学术研究的一个重要特征。论文突出了半个世纪以来区域研究对UBC地理系的繁荣所作出的贡献。文章从全球和地理的角度来判定和解释中国经济的发展和转型,从中得到两个结论:第一,中国和亚太地区区域经济的崛起加速了世界经济景观的"去中心化"趋势,全球经济的多极格局日趋明显;第二,UBC地理系一直具有挑战正统西方理论的优良学术传统,尤其在区域和文化领域独树一帜,因而对世界地理学知识生产的"去中心化"做出了重要贡献。就地理知识探索而言,中国经济增长和转型在四个领域极具理论研究的潜在价值:①私有化和经济发展;②国家、社会和空间;③资本,劳动力和土地的城市化;④环境和中国政治生态学。本文最后的结论是:美国新自由主义的衰落和亚太地区新动态的浮现为地理学打开了一个迷人的空间,在这里UBC地理系理所当然可以继续领导并塑造区域研究的未来。
Critical and innovative area studies have long been an element that constitutes the hallmark of scholarly excellence at UBC Geography. This paper foregrounds the contribution of area studies to the thriving of UBC Geography in the last half a century. It identifies and situates the recent growth and transformation of the Chinese economy in a global and geographic perspective. Two observations are made. First,the rise of regional economies in China and the Asia-Pacific has accelerated a ＂decentering＂ trend in which the global economic landscape has become increasingly multi-polar. Second, it has been UBC ography. A critical evaluation of the implications of China＇s growth and transformation for geographic enquiry has identified four areas of research with great theoretical potentials, namely（1）privatization and economic development;（2）state,society,and space;（3）urbanization of capital,labor,and land;and（4） the environment and Chinese political ecology. The paper closes with a remark that the demise of American-led neoliberalism and the emergence of new dynamics in the Asia-Pacific have together opened up a fascinating terrain on which UBC Geography is well-suited to continue its lead in shaping the future of area studies.
出处
《世界地理研究》
北大核心
2009年第4期1-16,共16页
World Regional Studies
