GEOGRAPHY OF GLOBALIZATION
Anno accademico 2019/2020 - 2° annoCrediti: 6
SSD: M-GGR/02 - Geografia economico-politica
Organizzazione didattica: 150 ore d'impegno totale, 114 di studio individuale, 36 di lezione frontale
Semestre: 1°
Modalità di svolgimento dell'insegnamento
Frontal lectures, presentations, seminars
Prerequisiti richiesti
No particular knowledge is required to attend the course
Frequenza lezioni
Attendance to lecture is compulsory. Up to 30% of classes can be missed. Up to 50% for students who have been recognised the status of 'working student'
Contenuti del corso
Globalization as a material phenomenon and as a political project, the new global interconnections, globalization and the creation of new tensions and divisions as well as new forms of integration. Particular emphasis is given to the analysis of the relationship between cities and globalization. The course tackles questions regarding cities considered both as actors of globalization and places where globalization takes place.
Testi di riferimento
1 - U.Rossi and A.Vanolo. Urban Political Geography. A Global Perspective. London: Sage, 2012
Further reading:
2 – X. Ren and R.Keil (eds). The Globalising Cities Reader, London: Routledge, 2017
3 - F. Moulaert, A. Rodríguez and E. Swyngedouw (eds). The Globalized City: Economic Restructuring and Social Polarization in European Cities, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003
Programmazione del corso
| Argomenti | Riferimenti testi | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AN INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL URBANIZATION PROCESSES | Selected academic articles |
| 2 | DEFINITION OF URBAN GEOGRAPHICAL SPACE | Selected academic articles |
| 3 | URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION | U.Rossi and A.Vanolo. Urban Political Geography. A Global Perspective. London: Sage, 2012, pp. 23-51 and selected academic articles |
| 4 | THE USE OF CULTURE AND CREATIVITY IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE AND ASIA. | U.Rossi and A.Vanolo. Urban Political Geography. A Global Perspective. London: Sage, 2012, pp. 52-69 |
| 5 | URBAN NEOLIBERALISM | U.Rossi and A.Vanolo. Urban Political Geography. A Global Perspective. London: Sage, 2012, pp. 69-102 |
| 6 | URBAN GEOPOLITICS | U.Rossi and A.Vanolo. Urban Political Geography. A Global Perspective. London: Sage, 2012, 103-128 |
| 7 | POLITICS AS CONTESTATION | U.Rossi and A.Vanolo. Urban Political Geography. A Global Perspective. London: Sage, 2012, pp.129-178 and selected academic articles |
Verifica dell'apprendimento
Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
Oral exams
Esempi di domande e/o esercizi frequenti
Example of exam question
Trace, providing examples, the main characteristics of urban neoliberalism.
Explain what is meant by ‘politics of fear’ and to what extent this represents a powerful force behind socio-spatial transformations.