Economic and Social Geography - 2nd semester
Code
711041024
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Geografia e Planeamento Regional
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
José Afonso Teixeira
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To recognize the importance of historical dimension in explaining the diversity and interdependence of today´s world;
b) To understand the nature of the agents and the processes behind the functioning of the economic system on a global scale;
c) To analyze the main flows ( goods, capital, people , information) at different scales;
d) To understand the role of world / global cities in the functioning of the economic system;
e) To understand the logics of the regional economic systems;
f) To reflect on the extent and limits of the globalization process;
g) To recognize the limits of the \"western view\" of the World, given the diversity and the multiculturalism of societies;
h) To identify emerging issues in economic and social geography;
i) To develop critical thinking about contemporary economic and social issues;
j) To prepare economic and social reports (analysis, diagnosis and prospective) with a geographical perspective.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1) From the \"opening of the world\" to the world economy
1.1) The spatial basis of mercantilism
1.2) Industrial Revolution and liberalism - the territorial structure of the economic system
1.3) From the multilateralism (beginning of the XX century) to the formation of economic blocs in the post WW
2) Understanding the map of the global economy: Processes, flows and spaces
2.1) From regional economic integration to global economy
2.2) Technological change: impact on the economy and geographic space
2.3) State and globalization: new functions of the state
2.4) Multinationals and the global economy: impacts on trade and investment
2.5) Flows of people: traditional movements and new forms of mobility
2.6) World cities: the nodes of global networks
3) Globalization, Development and Inequality:multiscale analysis
3.1) The globalization process: extent and limits
3.2) Development, inequality and exclusion
3.3) Tensions, conflicts and coexistences
4) New issues in Economic and Social Geography.
Bibliography
Fundamental /Compulsory Reading
Dicken, P. (2011). Global Shift. Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Econom (7th ed.). New York: The Guilford Press, pp. 1-250.
Complementar/ Further Reading
Aoyama, Y., Murphy J. T., Hanson, S. (2011). Key Concepts in Economic Geography. London: Sage, pp.13-70; 111-144.
Coe, N., Kelly, P., Yeung, H. (2013). Economic Geography. A Contemporary Introduction (2ª ed.). London: Blackwell, pp.57-253.
Durand, M.-F. et al. (2013). Atlas de la Mondialisation, Paris: Presses de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques.
Knox, P.L, McCarthy, L., Agnew, J. (2014). The Geography of the World Economy (6th ed.). London and New York: Routledge, pp.1-92.
Le Monde Diplomatique (2013). L´Atlas 2013.Paris : Vuibert.
Sokol, M., (2011). Economic Geographies of Globalisation: a short introduction. Cheltenham e Northampton: Edward Elgar, pp. 1-60.
Teaching method
Lectures: extensive explanation of program topics; analysis and discussion of textbooks´ chapters, papers and some films. Development, presentation and discussion of practical works.
Evaluation method
Evaluation:
1) Written test about a set of selected texts [55%].
2) Theoretical and practical work (about 20 pages), with oral presentation [40%].
3) Presence in the classes and participation [5%].
(According to the FCSH Assessment Standards, the proposed evaluation elements to introduce students in the first class may suffer readjustments, particularly in the percentage of each element).