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Regions and Interaction Networks: An Institutional-Materialist Perspective

Institute for Research on World-Systems, 100 College Building South, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA

Andrew Jorgenson

Institute for Research on World-Systems, 100 College Building South, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA

We contend that interaction networks are far superior to cultural area and regional approaches for bounding human social systems. This article discusses methodological and conceptual issues in bounding human social systems and their interactions with the natural environment and examines several recent innovations in information technology that facilitate the study of interaction networks.

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