GE6212: MAPPING
GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHANGE
7 August 2012
(tentative)
Lecturer: Professor
Henry Yeung
Room:
AS2 03-04; Tel: 6516 6810; E-mail: henryyeung@nus.edu.sg;
Homepage:
http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/geoywc/henry.htm
Venue: Department
Meeting Room
Time: Monday
2:30 – 5:30 pm
AIMS
To develop an in-depth
understanding of the material and discursive processes of globalization.
To evaluate the distinctive
contributions of geographical research to globalization studies.
OBJECTIVES
By
the end of the module, graduate students should have a sound understanding of:
The constitutive processes of
globalization;
The
complex relationships between material manifestations of globalization and the
discourses of globalization; and
Different approaches to and perspectives on globalization in the
social sciences and the distinctive contributions of human geography.
MODULE DESCRIPTION
This module
examines the complex debates on economic globalization and assesses the contributions
of human geography to these debates. In particular, we will discuss and
evaluate the spatial processes and ramifications of global economic change that
is associated with globalization tendencies. We will also analyze the role of
states, labour, capital, technology, and politically contested discourses of
globalization in shaping global economic change. This module will be a graduate
seminar comprising student presentations and discussions. Attendance and full
preparation are the basic requirements. Ph.D. candidates will be expected to
cope with additional written materials, as well as added responsibility in the
seminar context.
SEMINAR PROGRAMME
The
module comprises 11 three-hour seminars during each Monday 2:30pm from 13 August 2012 onwards. With the exception of the first and the
last classes, each session will comprise a one-hour seminar presentation on a
pre-arranged topic by a selected graduate student, a one-hour discussion of a
particular reading, and a one-hour group discussion.
The
following is a list of seminar topics and assigned readings. Each graduate student will take
responsibility for preparing TWO
research papers (3,000-4,000 words). All graduate students are also expected to
study the readings in advance of each seminar.
ASSESSMENT
The
final mark will be derived from seminar presentations (30%) and research papers
(70%). There is no examination for
this graduate module.
DETAIL SEMINAR OUTLINE
Seminar 1. Introduction to
globalization (13 August 2012)
* Dicken, Peter (2011), Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours
of the World Economy, Sixth Edition, London: Sage. Please read the whole book and familiarize yourself
with the key thrusts and content of the book. AVAILABLE - CL RBR (Loans Desk 1) - HD2321
Dic 2011
* Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (2009), ÔGlobalization -
EconomicÕ, in Rob Kitchen and Nigel Thrift (eds.), International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Oxford: Elsevier.
Obtain the PDF copy from me please.
Ritzer, George (2011), Globalization:
The Essentials, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Video: Globalisation
is Good, England:
Electric Sales Ltd., Call No: HF1359 Glo 2005 DVD (c. 2005 and 49 minutes)
Core Text:
* Jones, Andrew (2010), Globalization: Key Thinkers, Cambridge: Polity. CL RBR (Loans Desk 1) - JZ1318 Jon 2010
Additional Readings:
Held, David, McGrew, Anthony, Goldblatt, David and
Perraton, Jonathan (1999), Global
Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture, Cambridge: Polity.
Mittelman, James H. (2000), The Globalization Syndrome: Transformation and Resistance,
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Ritzer, George and Atalay,
Zeynep (eds.) (2010), Readings in Globalization: Key Concepts and
Major Debates, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Rosenberg, Justin (2000), The Follies of Globalisation Theory, London: Verso.
Sassen, Saskia
(ed.) (2007), Deciphering the Global: Its
Scales, Spaces and Subjects, New York: Routledge.
Seminar topics:
1. How does the conception of globalization
vary among different thinkers? (Keo)
2. What are the main points of
contention in the still evolving globalization debate? (Augustin)
3. What are the ways through
which the divergent thinking about globalization can be reconciled? (Guanie)
Research paper topic: (Min Hye)
Critically
evaluate the current state of Òthinking about globalizationÓ described in
Andrew JonesÕ (2010) book and offer your proposal for a future research agenda
in globalization studies.
Seminars 5-7. Geographies of globalization (24 September and 1-8 October
2012)
Core Text:
* Herod, Andrew (2009), Geographies of Globalization, Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. CL RBR (Loans Desk 1) - JZ1318 Her 2009
Additional Readings:
Cameron, Angus and Palan, Ronen (2004), The Imagined Economies of Globalization,
London: Sage.
Sokol, Martin (2011), Economic Geographies of Globalisation: A Short Introduction,
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Warwick, Murray
(2006), Geographies of Globalization, London: Routledge.
Seminar topics:
1. How ÒglobalÓ is the global
economy? (Minhye)
2. What are the discursive imaginations
of globalization? (Augustin)
3. How can globalization be
manufactured and governed? (Keo)
Research paper topic: (Augustin)
Critically
evaluate Andrew HerodÕs (2009) spatial explanations of geographies of
globalization.
Seminars 8-10. Making globalization work (15-29 October 2012)
Core Text:
* Stiglitz, Joseph (2006), Making Globalization Work, New York: W.W. Norton. CL RBR (Loans Desk 1) - HF1359 Sti 2006
Additional Readings:
Bhagwati, Jagdish (2004), In Defense of Globalization, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Büthe, Tim and Mattli, Walter (2011), The New Global Rulers: The Privatization of
Regulation in the World Economy, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Gills, Barry K. (2011), Globalization in Crisis, London: Routledge.
Munck, Ronaldo (2011), Globalization and Contestation: The New Great Counter-Movement, London:
Routledge.
Rodrik, Dani (2007), One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions and Economic
Growth, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Rodrik, Dani (2011), The Globalization Paradox:
Democracy and the Future of the World Economy, New York: Norton.
Rudra, Nita (2008), Globalization and
the Race to the Bottom in Developing Countries: Who Really Gets Hurt? Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Seminar topics:
1. Is globalization really a
good phenomenon? (Keo)
2. What are the key players in
globalization? (Minhye)
3. What is the impact of
globalization on political and economic governance? (Guanie)
Research paper topic: (Keo and Guanie)
Assess the core argument(s) for globalization in Joseph Stiglitz (2006)
and explain the extent to which you concur with them.
Seminar 11. Remaking the global economy (5 November 2012)
Core Texts:
* Dicken, Peter
(2004) ÔGeographers and ÒglobalizationÓ: (yet) another missed boat?Õ, Transactions of the
Institute of British Geographers, Vol.29(1), pp.5-26.
* Harvey, David
(2011), ÔRoepke lecture in economic geography - Crises, geographic disruptions and the uneven development of political
responsesÕ, Economic Geography, Vol.87(1), pp.1-22.
Additional Readings:
Amin, Ash (2002),
ÔSpatialities of globalisationÕ, Environment
and Planning A, Vol.34(3), pp.385-99.
Amin, Ash (2004), ÔRegulating economic
globalizationÕ, Transactions of the Institute
of British Geographers, Vol.29(2), pp.217-33.
Barnett,
Clive, Cloke,
Paul, Clarke,
Nick and Malpass,
Alice (2011), Globalizing Responsibility:
The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption, Oxford:
Wiley-Blackwell.
Cox, Kevin R. (2004), ÔGlobalization and
the politics of local and regional development: the question of convergenceÕ, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Vol.29(2), pp.179-94.
Domosh, Mona
(2010), ÔThe world was never flat: early
global encounters and the messiness of empireÕ, Progress in Human Geography, Vol.34(4),
pp.419-35.
Economic
Geography, Vol.78(3),
2002. Special issue on global economic change, pp.253-386.
Elden, Stuart (2005), ÔMissing
the point: globalization, deterritorialization and the space of the worldÕ, Transactions of the Institute of British
Geographers, New Series, Vol.30(1), pp.8-19.
OÕDowd, Liam (2010), ÔFrom a Ôborderless worldÕ
to a Ôworld of bordersÕ: Ôbringing history back inÕ, Environment and
Planning D: Society and Space, Vol.28(6),
pp.1031–1050.
Peck, Jamie and Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (eds.) (2003), Remaking the Global Economy:
Economic-Geographical Perspectives, London: Sage.
Scott, Allen J. and
Storper, Michael (2003), ÔRegions, globalization, developmentÕ, Regional Studies, Vol.37(6/7),
pp.579-93.
Smith, Neil (2004),
The Endgame of Globalization, London: Routledge.
Sidaway,
James D. (2012), ÔGeography, globalization, and the problematic of area studiesÕ, Annals of the Association of American
Geographers, Vol.102.
Taylor, Peter J.
(2007), ÔProblematizing city/state relations: towards a geohistorical
understanding of contemporary globalizationÕ, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Vol.32(2), pp.133-50.
Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (1998),
ÔCapital, state and space: contesting the borderless worldÕ, Transactions of the Institute of British
Geographers, New Series, Vol.23(3), pp.291-309.
Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (2002), ÔThe limits to
globalization theory: a geographic perspective on global economic changeÕ, Economic Geography, Vol.78(3),
pp.285-305.
Seminar topics:
1. To what extent does
globalization serve as a causal explanation of empirical events?
2. How do geographers link
global processes to place-based geographies?
3. Does globalization lead to
the end of geography?
Research paper topic:
What
are geographersÕ distinctive contributions to the debate on globalization and
how might your own work advance those contributions?