Geographies of rising and declining powers: China and Europe

Geographies of rising and declining powers: China and EuropeMick Dunford

1 Geographies of rising and declining powersA brief historical outline of the rise of the west as a centre of economic and political power, Asian decline and Chinas century of humiliation2 Comparative European development, Cold war rivalries, the fall of European Communism, construction of the EUVarieties of capitalism and geographies of comparative economic performance of European countriesThe financial and debt crisis: has the era of western economic and political leadership come to an end?

Chinas poverty counties and 14 concentrated poverty zones in 2012

14 contiguous areas of concentrated poverty in China

Ecological function zones

3 Development of China from the establishment of the PRC to the present: Communism, market socialism with Chinese characteristics Globalisation, Chinas export oriented model of development, is China still socialist?Urbanisation, rural development and urban rural relations: Shenzhen model, Chongqing model, the development of high plateau and other poor areas in China, rural poverty, liudong (floating) population, resource constraints and environmental protection

4 China going global and geographies of international interdependenceChina zou qu chu (goes global), its growing external influence: development co-operation models, south-south and north-south relations

AssessmentA coursework essay associated with a group presentation (40 per cent) andAn essay written at the end of the course (60 per cent)TeachingOne hour lecture introducing subsequent weeks subjectTwo hour seminar in which students give presentations