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On the Interactive Nature of Place-Making: Modifying Growth Machine Theory to Capture the Spatial and Temporal Connections that Spawned the Asian Carp Invasion.
- Source :
- Sociological Quarterly; Winter2021, Vol. 62 Issue 1, p121-142, 22p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Growth machine theory has provided an influential foundation for thinking about the political economy of place-making and related environmental transformations. It remains silent, however, on how such dynamics can connect through time and space to influence subsequent growth machine dynamics elsewhere. I address this gap by advancing a modified "incorporated comparison" of the Asian carp invasion, an invasive species event generating significant social turmoil in the American Midwest. Empirics draw from document analysis and 71 semi-structured interviews. Results illuminate how local place-making and landscape transformations can connect in contingent ways to render nature a powerful force in subsequent growth-machine battles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00380253
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Sociological Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 148278876
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2020.1715307