Programme

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.

Core Documentation

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)

Type of delivery of the course

The lessons are frontal.

Attendance

Attendance is not required.

Type of evaluation

There are Closed-Ended Questions and Open-Ended Questions.