GS 1: INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL STUDIES GEOG 4: GLOBALIZATION: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE WORLD ECONOMY FALL 2013 LECTURE TIME

AND PLACE: MW 10:00 11:15 AM Instructor: Dr. John Agnew, 1171 Bunche Hall Telephone: 825-1713 Office Hours: MW 1:15-2 PM jagnew@geog.ucla.edu 147 Dodd Hall

TAs: Heather Agnew, Krishna Bhogaonker, Siyu Cai, Dylan Connor, Brock Hicks, Agostino Mantegna COURSE DESCRIPTION
The course is about the historical geography of globalization its economic, political and cultural aspects -- and the impact of globalization in different parts of the world. It provides an introduction to global studies. It also provides a broad introduction to the field of economic geography. Global economic forces are increasingly powerful in their effects all over the world, including California and the United States. But the origins of economic globalization lie in the past: in the growth of worldwide trade, colonialism, the Industrial Revolution, and so on from the sixteenth to the twenty -first century. At the end of the course you should understand the basic features of the world economy today, its relationship to global geopolitics, how the world economy developed historically, and the major impacts that it has on life in different parts of the world.

READINGS
Main Textbook: P. Knox, J. Agnew, and L. McCarthy: The Geography of the World Economy, 5th edition. (Oxford University Press, 2008)

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING Midterm Comprehensive Final Discussion Section Attendance and Any Assignments WEEKLY SUMMARY OF LECTURES
1. Worldwide variation in economic development and geopolitical power

October 30 December 11

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Global inequality and the global division of labor Regional economic specialization and world trade Knox et al. Chapters 1 and 2 2. The world economy The cultural and geopolitical basis to the emergence of the modern world economy The structure of the world economy today Knox et al. Chapter 3 3. The coming of the world economy Early empires and feudalism Europe and merchant capitalism Knox et al. Chapter 4 4. The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Europe Principles of industrial location Knox et al. Chapter 5, pp. 116-25; pp. 138-47. 5. The expansion of the global Core to the USA and Japan The US and Japanese Industrial Revolutions The emergence of Organized or Fordist capitalism Knox et al. Chapter 5, pp. 126-38. MIDTERM: October 30 6. Globalization and the restructuring of the core The crisis of Fordism Multinationals and the globalization of production Knox et al. Chapter 6 7. The industrial reorganization of the core The changing nature and location of jobs in the core Regional motors of the world economy New trading blocs: the European Union and NAFTA Knox et al. Chapters 7, 13, and 12. 8. Periphery and semi-periphery in the world economy Colonialism and the world economy From plantations to agribusiness: commercial agriculture in world trade Knox et al. Chapters 8 and 9.

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Manufacturing industries and services in the periphery and semi-periphery Industry beyond the core The Newly Industrializing Countries (NICs) Outsourcing white collar jobs Knox et al. Chapters 10 and 11.

10. Geopolitics of the World Economy Today The US and China World-City system and the world economy FINAL EXAM: December 11 3:00-6:00 PM.