ABSTRACT
Chapter 2 is concerned with structuralism conceived of in spatial terms. From that perspective, explanation of behaviour is sought in the interrelationship of the elements which make up the spatial structure of society. Many researchers argue, however, that such empirical analyses are too limited: ‘we have to go beyond surface structures to find the deep and real structures that account for the variety of observable phenomena or conscious explanations and their apparent contradictions’ (Rossi 1981: 63). This process of ‘going beyond surface features’ has taken human geographers into the realm of what is known as ‘transformational structuralism’.
