The course aims to introduce students to political and economic geography and aims to provide the basic tools to understand the organization of societies and especially their territories: evolution of geographical thinking and keys to understanding today’s world system.
teacher profile teaching materials
(original title "An introduction to political geography" written by M. Jones, R. Jones, M. Whitehead, M. Woods, D. Dixon, M. Hannah).
Fruizione: 20702477 GEOGRAFIA POLITICA ED ECONOMICA in Storia, territorio e società globale L-42 (docente da definire)
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. There will be lectures and eventual workshops.Core Documentation
The FIRST book is written by G. PETTENATI, R. SOMMELLA, A. VANOLO; the title is "INTRODUZIONE ALLA GEOGRAFIA POLITICA. SPAZI, LUOGHI, POLITICHE" pubblished in 2021, UTET.(original title "An introduction to political geography" written by 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
Closed-Ended Questions and Open-Ended Questions