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World Economic Geography
Instructor: Dr. Truong Thi Kim Chuyen
Email: worldeconomicgeography@gmail.com
Weblog: www.socialscience09.wordpress.com
World Economic Geography Paul Knox (2008),The geography of the world
economy, Routledge; 5th edition Neil M.Coe, Phillip F Kelly, Henry W.C. Yeung (2007),
Economic Geography, Blackwell Publishing Readings: Fellmann – Getis - Getis (1998). Human
Geography: Landscapes of Human Activities. Brown & Benchmark.
Course Description
Course Objectives
Grades Attendance, Assignment, Seminar: 30 % Mid-term Exam: 30 % Final Exam: 40 %
• You should read the materials assigned before the class, as it will facilitate your understanding.
• Additional readings might be assigned throughout the quarter on special topics/issues. They will be distributed in class and/or via email.
Course provides various dimensions of the world economy geography (WEG) in the age of globalization.
In a world, the trend of global trade is increasingly vital, WEG is an imperative for all who wish to know what is happening to their global economy.
Course gives the very basic concepts and terms in studying world economic geography.
In economic aspects, it concerns:
the varied ways of people earning,
the patterns of human activities to produce,
the distributed and consumed good and services, and
the geographic framework of world trade and business.
Course Description
The lectures will have a emphasis on geographic changes in the world economy.
We will examine the geographic organization of economic activity around the world at different geographical scales (global, regional and local) as well as the relationship between geographic conditions and economic development in different states
Course requires critical thinking on current economic and social problems from a geographic perspective.
Course Description (cont.)
By the end of the course, students will be able to: Identify, describe, and explain the roles of space,place,
scale, and nature in the constitution, operation, and outcome of economic processes;
Analyze economic events, processes, and structures from a geographic point of view;
Broadly define the economy in a way that incorporates its social, political (power), cultural, and environmental dimensions;
Identify and distinguish between different analytical approaches in economic geography;
differentiate relationships of economic interdependence of the states,
Understand of the characteristics of transnational corporations (TNCs) and regional economic blocs.
Expected outcome are able to:
Course OutlineThe geography of the
world economyEconomic Geography
Conceptual foundations
01/ Conceptual foundations Page 1-25
Dynamics of economic space
02/ The changing world economy04/ Patterns of Development and Change05/ Services going global
03/ Commodity chainsPage 87-11504’/ Technology and agglomeration
Actors in economic space
10/ International and supranational institutionalized integration
06/ The state Page 187-21907/ The transnational corporationPage 223-25108/ Labour power Page 254-28109/ Consumption
01/ CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS
Aims:
To understand the assumptions used by economists in understanding the economy.
To recognize the limitations of economic approaches to the economy
To appreciate key concepts in economic geography
03/03/ COMMODITY CHAINS – COMMODITY CHAINS – WHERE DOES YOUR BREAKFAST COME WHERE DOES YOUR BREAKFAST COME
FROM?FROM?
Aims: To demonstrate how capitalism serves to conceal the conditions of commodity productionTo introduce commodity chains and their basic componentsTo appreciate the differentiation of commodity chains in terms of their structure and geographyTo recognize the possibilities for, and limitations of, more ethical ways of organizing commodity chains
06/ 06/ THE STATE – THE STATE – WHO CONTROLS THE ECONOMY: FIRMS WHO CONTROLS THE ECONOMY: FIRMS
OR GOVERNMENTS?OR GOVERNMENTS?
Aims:
To understand how state and supra-national institutions shape economic process
To recognize the different kinds of states within the global economy
To appreciate the changing role of the state in an era of globalization
To demonstrate why geographical scales matter in the reconfiguration of the state.
07/ 07/ THE TRANSNATIONAL THE TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION CORPORATION
- - HOW DOES THE GLOBAL FIRM KEEP IT ALL HOW DOES THE GLOBAL FIRM KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER?TOGETHER?
Aims:
To question the claim that transnational corporations are really “global’
To understand how firms organize complex global activities
To explore the variety of organizational forms used by transnational corporations
To appreciate the inherent limits to the global reach of firms
08/ 08/ LABOUR POWER LABOUR POWER – – CAN WORKERS SHAPE ECONOMIC CAN WORKERS SHAPE ECONOMIC
GEOGRAPHIES?GEOGRAPHIES?
Aims:
To recognize the ways in which capital’s mobility gives it bargaining power over labour
To appreciate the rangr of mechanisms used by states and firms to control labour
To understand the different geographical strategies that workers may use to improve their position
To reflect on the possibilities for alternative or non-capitalist labour geographies
09/ 09/ CONSUMPTION CONSUMPTION – – WHO CONTROLS SPACES OF SALES AND WHO CONTROLS SPACES OF SALES AND
CONSUMPTION?CONSUMPTION?
Aims:
To recognize the position and importance of the consumption process within the capitalist system
To appreciate the changing geographies of consumption and in particular, retailing
To understand how consumption spaces are actively designed and used
To reflect on the ways in which consumption, place and identity are interrelated
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