GGR221 New Economic Spaces Fall, 2015

Tutorials: There will only be a couple of tutorials this term. The dates for these tutorials will be announced in class and on Blackboard. Course Website: (Blackboard) Since the 1970s, economic geography has been less concerned with mathematical modelling and more grounded in the dynamics of economic change. This course provides an introduction to economic geography from the 1970s on, illustrating the different ways that geographers have conceptualized the restructuring of the three main sectors of the economy: resource industries, manufacturing and services/knowledge/creative industries. The crisis of Fordism and the rise of new production models will be given particular attention, along with the reorganization of finance, the rise of cultural/creative industries and the globalization of commodity chains. New regimes of governance of the economy will also be considered. The central preoccupation of the course is: how do space and place make a difference to the nature of economic activities? What role do institutions play in the economy? What are the impacts of economic processes on workers, communities, nations and environments? Requirements and Grading