ABSTRACT

Since the publication of the original Models in geography (Chorley & Haggett 1967) some 20 years ago, human geography has changed dramatically. It has matured theoretically, it is more directly oriented to social problems, and it has achieved an awareness of politics without sacrificing its advance as a ‘science’. This transformation can be traced to the emergence, and the widespread acceptance, of a new set of models which have a common root in the notion that society is best understood as a political economy.