불균등결합발전에 관한 소고 = An Essay on Uneven and Combined Development

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

There has been a growing effort to theorize uneven and combined development (UCD) in economy geography. This can be understood as a renewed attempt to reconstruct firmly-established and thus taken-for-granted geographical political economy theories on uneven development, albeit from a relational perspective. In this context, this study examines how UCD differs from the classical theories of uneven development, and what new insights it offers into our understanding on geographically differentiated development. To begin with, it reviews such classical theories from the 1980s, including those of Harvey and Smith who regard uneven development as a product of capitalist accumulation, and Massey’s theory which focuses on the socio-spatial relations of production and the spatial division of labor. Then, the study characterizes UCD as a theory centered on the spatio-temporal relationalities and connectivities of hybrid economies, and investigates how UCD is constructed and how it diverges from earlier theorizations. Based on this discussion, the paper characterizes UCD as a hybridized theoretical approach with its own spatio-temporal and relational legacies, and also explores the implications and utility of its distinctive characteristics.