We show how transformative adaptation research can reproduce existing political-economic structures and processes. We review research on transformative adaptation to illustrate the need for a systematic understanding of the role of political-economic structures and processes in transformative adaptation. We argue that it is necessary for two reasons. First, we must be cognizant of the relationship between economic hegemony and efforts to understand and initiate transformative adaptation. We show that transformative adaptation should consider this economic backdrop because it may undermine the normative goals of transformation. Second, transformative adaptation should be conceptualized as a challenge to specific social structures and processes that support economic hegemony. If the goal of this research is to allow groups to adapt and overcome systematic inequity and marginalization, we must incorporate human agency in transformative adaptation to allow people to determine their own transformations.

我们展示了变革性适应研究如何重现现有的政治经济结构和过程。我们回顾了有关变革性适应的研究，以说明需要系统地理解政治经济结构和过程在变革性适应中的作用。我们认为有必要这样做有两个原因。首先，我们必须认识到经济霸权与努力理解和发起变革性适应之间的关系。我们表明，转型适应应该考虑这种经济背景，因为它可能破坏转型的规范目标。第二，变革性适应应被概念化为对支持经济霸权的特定社会结构和过程的挑战。