A thought-provoking resource detailing why causal theory is useful in geographical enquiry and how it can be developed through mechanism-based thinking.

• Includes a multitude of approaches and concepts in human geography today, covering important caveats, key considerations, and a synthetic approach
• Details contemporary geographical thought, covering theory in Marxism, poststructuralism and post-phenomenology/posthumanism, and feminism and postcolonialism
• Explores relationality and relational thought in contemporary human geography, plus moving towards a relational theory for the 2020s and beyond
• Discusses mechanism and process in causal explanation, covering causal theory and actors, neoliberalization, and the process-mechanism distinction of neoliberalism
• Essential reading for academics, geographers, and scholars seeking unique perspective on an important facet of the field