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L1) Geographies of Global Change
Internationalization vs Globalization
Competing Explanations for Globalization
Is A Global Economy New?
Two Key Phases of International Trade: (2)
New Elements & Drivers of Integration
Consequences of Globalization
Defining Economic Globalization
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L2) The Structure & Organization of Economies
What is an economy?
Key Economic Terms & Concepts
Structure of a Market Economy
Types of Economic Systems
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L3) Growth & Development - Concepts & Measures
How do economies grow?
Measuring Growth & Output
Growth & Development = Well-Being?
Alternative Measures of Development: (3) HDI, GNHI, GPI
Income Distribution & Inequality
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L4) Mapping The World Economy
Industrial Location: Key Factors:
Thinking about the industrial structure of economies: employment shares
A Simple Model of Economic Transition
Mapping Core Industrial Regions
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L5) Recent Patterns & Trends
Changing contours of global economic map: a global perspective
At a national scale
Geographical Patterns in Summation
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L6) Canada in the World Economy
Time & Space Compression
Brief History of Canada's Links to the World's Economy
Canada-USA: A Special Relationship --> merchandise trade to FDI
Canada-China: "Feeding the dragon"
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L7) Why Countries Trade
Why do countries trade?
Basics of International Trade Theory (Heckscher-Ohlin model, OH)
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L8) Early Commercial Expansion
The Medieval World
Era of Exploration & Discovery
Explosion of International Trade & Commerce
Rise of Nation-States & Mercantilism
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L9) The Colonial World Economy
The 19thC Trade Boom
Circuits of Trade
Outcomes of the trade boom
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L10) Development Theories & Pathways
What is 'development'?
How countries change as they 'develop'
Theories of economic development: (3)
Paths to grow
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L11) Global Population Dynamics
Introduction
Demography
Demographic Transition
Population Policy
World Stationary Population
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L12) Population & Migration
Intro
Migration Theory
International Migration: Pathways & Patterns
Consequences of International Migration
Internal Migration
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L13) Natural Resources & Primary Commodities
What are natural resources?
Types & availability of resources
Are we running out of resources? (debate)
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L14) Population & Resources I: Food & Agriculture
Food as a resource
Importance of agriculture in Global Economy
Types of agriculture
Agricultural Practices & Innovation
Global Trends in Agriculture
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L15) Population & Resources II: Oil & Minerals
Importance of energy resources in the Global Economy
Energy Consumption
The Global Energy System
Historical energy use
Focus on oil
Energy futures
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L16) The Geography of the Industrial Revolution
Economic growth & the roots of industrial activities in developed economies
IR: five key features
European context & the geography of the IR across different waves of industrialization in time
Emphasis on how industrialization is articulated at the regional level
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L17) The Organization of Industry in the 20thC: From Fordism to Post-Fordism
Long-waves of economic development
Regulation Theory (RT) --> understanding changes in macro-structures of capitalist economies
Two central concepts of RT: ROA & MOSR
Applying these concepts to explain the transition from FtoPF
Fordism & Taylorism
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L18) pt2 of Fordism to Post-Fordism
Geography of Fordism
Undoing of Fordism
Turn to Post-Fordism
Consequences of Post-Fordism
Conclusions: Shift from Fordism to Post-Fordism (3)
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L19) PBS 'Commanding Heights' Documentary
Main Idea & Names
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L20) Post-Fordism, the DoL, & NIS
Intro
Roundaboutness
Different Kinds of DoL: TDoL vs SDoL
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L21)
To vertically integrate or not?
Economies of Scale vs Economies of Scope
DoL & Average Costs
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L22)
Transactions & Industrial Linkages
Growth Dynamics of Industrial Complexes
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L23) The Resource Curse & Dutch Disease
The paradox of plenty
Causes of the Resource Curse: (3)
1) Income Volatility
2) Rent-seeking, patronage, & 'living off the land'
3) Dutch Disease
Avoiding the resource curse: examples in industrialized or developing nations
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L24) Global Food Systems
Intro
Global Food Price Rise
Drivers of Food Demand
Food Supply: Productivity & Yield Gaps
Five Challenges for Global Agriculture
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L25) The Global Land Rush
Drivers of the Global Land Rush
Geography of Land Acquisitions
The Main Actors
Why Shift to Large Farms? (mega)
Primary Concerns
What is Being Done? Future?
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L26) Tropical Deforestation
Intro
Forest Cover Change in Latin America
Causes of Deforestation
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
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L27) Rainforest Livelihoods in Amazonia: Myths and Realities
Six Myths
1) 'Forest Peasants are Generalists'
2) 'Rain forest communities are egalitarian'
3) 'Traditional forest use as sustainable;
4) 'Rainforest is a primary safety net'
5) 'Human Imprint on Landscape is Small'
6) 'Poorest are the most vulnerable to environmental change change'
Six Realities
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L28) Global Trade Institutions & Agreements
International Trade Policy: A Brief History
From GATT to WTO
Regional Trade Agreements: Free Trade Areas
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Customs Unions
Regional Trade Agreements: Common Markets
Latest Free Trade Agreements: (4)
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L29) Local-Global Geographies of the Great Recession
Global Financial crisis and the Great Recession (2007-2009): stock markets & general context
Making the case for a geographical perspective
Example: New Globalized Model of Local Mortgage Lending
Just how local are housing and mortgage bubbles?
What does the future hold?
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L30) Thinking About the Environment-Economy Interface
How do we put a value to natural resources and the environment? Balancing benefits/consequences?
Conventional Economic Approaches
Some Criticisms and Alternative Approaches: Commodity Chain Analysis
Nature As Simple Commodity
Commodification of Nature and its Ownership (Input): Environment-Economy Interface I
Commodification of Environmental Degradation (Ouput): Environment-Economy Interface II
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L31) The World of the City
Introduction: Urbanization & New Spatial Configurations
Different approaches to study of cities under conditions of contemporary globalization:
1) Development of World City Hypothesis
2) Inventory of World Cities According to GaWC
3) Planetary Urbanization (21stC?)
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L32) Globalization & Inequality
Define income inequality,
Maximum inequality,
Minimum inequality
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