The course aims to introduce students to political and economic geography and to offer the basic tools to understand the organization of societies and their spaces in particular: evolution of geographical thought and keys to understand the current world system.
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materiale didattico
Students following a course of 6 CFU (L.37) shall choose only one of the two books below (the first one is more focused on economic geography and the second one on political geography):
- The book is written by S. CONTI, G. DEMATTEIS, F. NANO e A. VANOLO; the title is "GEOGRAFIA DELL'ECONOMIA MONDIALE" and is edited in 2022 by UTET (FIFTH EDITION).
- The book is translated by G. PETTENATI, R. SOMMELLA, A. VANOLO (eds); the title is "Introduzione alla geografia politica. Spazi, luoghi, politiche" and is edited in 2021 by UTET.
(Original Title "An introduction to political geography", M. Jones, R. Jones, M. Whitehead, M. Woods, D. Dixon, M. Hannah)
ATTENTION: students doing 8 CFU (L-36) must prepare both books mentioned above
Fruizione: 20702477-1 Geografia politica ed economica - 1 in Storia, territorio e società globale L-42 DUMONT ISABELLE
Programma
The course will address the evolution of the world economy geographic scenario in recent decades, as well as the evolution of the conceptual tools needed to understand the radical changes of economic and political nature materialized in this same period. With this in mind, we are going to discuss: the globalization and its territorial effects (from the breakup of the postwar global order, to the emergence of the Global South); the geography of resources (agricultural, mining, energetic); the industrial sectors in the third millennium; the centrality of urban spaces in the contemporary economy; the geography of transport and tourism and so on. In the second part of the course, we highlight the process of “spatial rewriting” of politics and we provide interpretative keys to understand the changes occurred in recent years in the complex relationship between geography and politics. Further to an overview on the evolution of the main schools of thought in the geopolitical sphere, we explore key subjects such as: the State and its transformations, from the Welfare State to Workfare State; the geography of regionalisms and nationalisms; the importance of social movements in contemporary politics; the areas of the world with the highest conflict rates and so on. There will be lectures and eventual workshops.Testi Adottati
Students following a course of 6 CFU (L.37) shall choose only one of the two books below (the first one is more focused on economic geography and the second one on political geography):
- The book is written by S. CONTI, G. DEMATTEIS, F. NANO e A. VANOLO; the title is "GEOGRAFIA DELL'ECONOMIA MONDIALE" and is edited in 2022 by UTET (FIFTH EDITION).
- The book is translated by G. PETTENATI, R. SOMMELLA, A. VANOLO (eds); the title is "Introduzione alla geografia politica. Spazi, luoghi, politiche" and is edited in 2021 by UTET.
(Original Title "An introduction to political geography", M. Jones, R. Jones, M. Whitehead, M. Woods, D. Dixon, M. Hannah)
ATTENTION: students doing 8 CFU (L-36) must prepare both books mentioned above
Modalità Erogazione
The lessons are frontal.Modalità Frequenza
Attendance is not required.Modalità Valutazione
There are Closed-Ended Questions and Open-Ended Questions.