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GPHY 228 Geographies of the Global Political Economy Units: 3.00
This course examines how geographers understand the global economic system. Topics include globalization, regional economic integration, transnational production and marketing strategies of firms, new patterns of consumption, the rise of the service economy, and work and employment in the new economy.
Learning Hours: 129 (18 Lecture, 18 Tutorial, 9 Group Learning, 24 Online Activity, 60 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (Level 2 or above) or permission of Department.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Explain using the basic concepts, theories, and frameworks from economic and political geography the connection between global scale social, economic, environmental, and political challenges, e.g., climate change, energy (in)security, debt crises and civil unrest.
- Describe how capitalism (as a system) and globalization (as a process of integration) create patterns of uneven development within and between countries and different geopolitical regions.
- Critically evaluate key political economic theories (e.g., neoliberalism, Marxism), policies (e.g., trade liberalization), and practices (e.g., structural adjustment programs) within the context of globalization, focusing on how they shape and sustain the hierarchical ordering of space, power, and resources.
- Consolidate their knowledge about space, place, scale, and power as abstract concepts and apply them to an analysis of how inequality is produced and reproduced in the global economy.
- Communicate key concepts from the course, (e.g., capitalism, uneven development, inequality) in plain language format to a non-academic audience.
- Develop critical thinking, research, and analytical skills through engagement with academic literature and case studies as well as written assignments and class participation.