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Instructor: Dr. Truong Thi Kim Chuyen
Email: [email protected]
Weblog: www.socialscience09.wordpress.com
World Economic GeographyPaul Knox (2008),The geography of the world
economy, Routledge; 5th editionNeil M.Coe, Phillip F Kelly, Henry W.C. Yeung (2007),
Economic Geography, Blackwell PublishingReadings: Fellmann – Getis - Getis (1998). Human
Geography: Landscapes of Human Activities. Brown & Benchmark.
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 254-281
09/ Consumption
09/ Consumption 09/ Consumption – who controls spaces of sales and
consumption?Aims:
To recognize the position and importance of the consumption process within the capitalist systemTo appreciate the changing geographies of consumption and in particular, retailingTo understand how consumption spaces are actively designed and usedTo reflect on the ways in which consumption, place and identity are interrelated
OUTLINEOUTLINE
Introduction The consumption process The changing geographies of retailing The changing spaces of consumption Consumption, place and identity Summary
