ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

Academic Year 2018/2019 - 2° Year
Teaching Staff: Luca Ruggiero
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: M-GGR/02 - Economic and political geography
Taught classes: 36 hours
Term / Semester:
ENGLISH VERSION

Learning Objectives

Political and economic organisation of space. Globalised spaces


Course Structure

Frontal lectures, interactive lectures, presentations and seminars


Detailed Course Content

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.


Textbook Information

1 - U.Rossi and A.Vanolo. Urban Political Geography. A Global Perspective. London: Sage, 2012

2 - N. Brenner and R. Keil. “The Global City Reader”. London: Routledge, 2006
3 - F. Moulaert, A. Rodríguez and E. Swyngedouw. “The Globalized City: Economic Restructuring and Social Polarization in European Cities” / edited by. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003